covered wagon
The Wikipedia article links to this discussion. Note that the author, Martha Sandweiss never mentions a Conestoga wagon. Rather she calls the wagon depicted as a "covered wagon"
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picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu
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archive.org archive.org
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A finished wagon, approximately twenty-six feet long, eleven feet high, weighing between three thousand and thirty-five hundred pounds, and capable of holding five hogsheads or thirty barrels of flour, cost the equivalent of about $250— an incredibly low figure by today’s standards. By contrast, the four to six powerful Con- estoga horses that pulled the wagon were valued at about $170 to $200 each.
One wagon cost about the same as one horse so a team of horses was worth much more than one wagon.
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www.colonialsense.com www.colonialsense.com
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One of the best pages found so far on Conestoga wagons. Check out the rest of the site, other articles may be of similar quality.
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sites.rootsweb.com sites.rootsweb.com
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Excellent old HTML page. Photo showing man on a Lazy Board. A few topics discussed:
- evolution from the small farm wagon to the Conestoga wagon. Bowed bottom.
- Large wheels. Largest wagons between 14-16" long and pulled by 6 large horses.
- Colors often blue body, red wheels, white top.
- What equipment was carried - tool box, grease, jack for the wheels.
- Lead horse was on the front left. Driver would walk on left - thus wagons passed slower traffic on the left.
- Wheel lock chain on back wheel to keep wagon from overtaking the horses.
- Canals began to appear in the 1820's
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www.heinzhistorycenter.org www.heinzhistorycenter.org
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Trails to Trains exhibit at Meadowcroft Rockshelter. Transportation exhibit. 19,000 years of transportation history. Conestoga wagon and Stage coach on display. Not much info on line but a nice photo clearly showing the curve of a conestoga wagon bottom.
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