Nelson: I-84 at Plano Road Interchange
Few places in eastern Oregon have a history as closely tied to overland travel as Nelson. This small community stands near Interstate 84 and the Plano Road interchange, in the broad Snake River corridor close to Oregon’s border with Idaho. The highway continues a much older pattern of movement through this part of the Northwest: the Oregon Trail passed through the region as emigrant wagon trains headed west in the 19th century. Low, open hills and grassland frame a sparsely settled stretch of the state where ranching and long-distance road travel shape the everyday landscape. Nelson is a practical reference point for exploring the transition between Oregon’s interior and the Snake River borderlands.
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