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The wagon body of a Conestoga wagon, known also as a "box" or "bed", has a complex design compared to typically simple rectangular wagon boxes. The designs of the Conestoga wagon's body were intended to make the wagon last a long time and be flexible for traveling through roads that are normally rough for heavy-loaded vehicles.
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.
The Conestoga station wagons were built on the Studebaker's 116.5 in (2,960 mm) wheelbase platform. One body style was available, a two-door wagon with a two-piece tailgate/liftgate configuration for accessing the cargo area. [1] The 1954 Conestoga's original base price was $2,095, and 3,074 were produced. [2]
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Clement Studebaker (March 12, 1831 – November 27, 1901) was an American wagon and carriage manufacturer. With his brother Henry, he co-founded the H & C Studebaker Company, precursor of the Studebaker Corporation, which built Pennsylvania-German Conestoga wagons [1] and carriages during his lifetime, and automobiles after his death, in South Bend, Indiana.
Once owned by a York Springs family, a two-century-old Conestoga Wagon was moved into the new York County History Center building.
A Conestoga wagon is a prime feature of the National Frontier Trails Museum in Independence. Wagons ranged in variety from “prairie schooners” to lighter paneled Dearborn wagons to the heavy ...
The most common vehicle for Oregon and California-bound pioneers was a covered wagon pulled by a team of oxen or mules (which were greatly preferred for their endurance and strength over horses) in the dry semi-arid terrain common to the high plains in the heat of summer. This heat could cause the wagons to catch on fire.