Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sugarloaf Township is located in the northeast corner of Columbia County, and is bordered to the north by Sullivan County and to the east by Luzerne County.Most of the township is rolling hills, with elevations ranging from 850 to 1,300 feet (260 to 400 m), while the northern part of the township contains the southern escarpment of the Allegheny Plateau, with elevations rising to 2,341 feet ...
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 over removable wooden bows (also called hoops or tilts) and lashed to the body of the wagon.
A number of the covered bridges are attractions for local and regional tourism. They are also used for picnics and fishing. [2] A number of the covered bridges were damaged during Tropical Storm Lee in 2011. Three of these bridges were the Josiah Hess Covered Bridge No. 122, the Davis Covered Bridge, and the Rupert Covered Bridge No. 56.
The Y Covered Bridge No. 156 was a historic wooden covered bridge that was located in Sugarloaf Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, [ 1 ] it was destroyed in a suspicious fire on August 15, 1983.
The Welle Hess Covered Bridge No. S1, also known as the Laubach Covered Bridge, was a historic wooden covered bridge located at Sugarloaf Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It was a 126-foot-long (38 m), Burr Truss arch bridge with a tin roof constructed in 1871.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...