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Sybertsville is a community in Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] It is one mile northwest of Conyngham and six miles west-northwest of Hazleton. Nescopeck Creek runs west through the area into the Susquehanna River. Route 93 passes through the community. It uses the Sugarloaf zip code of 18251. [2]
Narrow covered wagon used by west-bound Canadian settlers c. 1885 Painting showing a wagon train of covered wagons. A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop, [1] or prairie schooner, [2] is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon used for passengers or freight hauling. It has a canvas, tarpaulin, or waterproof sheet which is stretched ...
The Conestoga wagon is a more robust variant of covered wagon – it has the general characteristics of being a wooden wagon with both hickory bows on top to hold up a waterproof canvas and wooden wheels. Covered wagons are generally pulled by draft horses and act as both a transport vehicle and mobile home. They were specialized vehicles for ...
Covered wagons and wagon trains are a lasting symbol of America’s expansion west from the 1820s through the 1860s, along the Santa Fe, California and Oregon Trails, all of which started in ...
Columbia Wagon Works, also known as Colonial Wagon Company, is a historic wagon factory complex located at Columbia in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The complex was built between 1889 and 1920, and includes seven contributing buildings. They are rectangular brick factory buildings with heavy timber frame construction.
The Gruber Wagon Works is a historic industrial facility on Red Bridge Road in Bern Township, Pennsylvania, United States. [3] Built about 1882, it is an extremely rare example of a fully outfitted 19th-century wagon manufacturing facility.
Nov. 28—Mimi Kaufman of Salem isn't starting a bakery. But she also wasn't quite ready to give up the flagship red cake dessert at the Wagon Wheel, the restaurant she has owned alongside her ...
The UPMC Events Center was originally scheduled to open in January 2019. [8] [1] However, it later opened in May 2019 after the men's basketball team announced all of their 2018–19 games would be played at the North Athletic Complex on campus. In 2013, a survey was conducted to see if a new sporting and athletic center would be wanted for the ...