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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 ...
Troika: a sleigh drawn by three horses harnessed abreast. Occasionally, a similar wheeled vehicle. Vardo (gypsy wagon): a vardo is a traditional horse-drawn wagon used by English Romani Gypsies. Victoria: a one-horse carriage with a front-facing bench seat. The body was slung low, in front of the back axle. Driven by a servant. Village cart
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 ...
March 20, 1935: An Anheuser-Busch wagon drawn by Clydesdale horses made an appearance at the Stock Show. Beatrice Brenner, a torch singer with the Johnny Robinson’s Orchestra at Fort Worth’s ...
March 20, 1935: An Anheuser-Busch wagon drawn by Clydesdale horses made an appearance at the Stock Show. Beatrice Brenner, a torch singer with the Johnny Robinson’s Orchestra at Fort Worth’s ...
English: Horizontal view of a covered wagon shown slightly obliquely from the right front corner. The canvas cover is raised in the front part. It is supported by four arches. The body is low and oblong. The driver's seat resting on springs rises from it.
Unlike those two, which primarily carried settlers heading west, the Santa Fe was a trade route, so the wagons drawn by oxen, mules and horses carried heavier loads and left the deep ruts that ...
A chuckwagon or chuck wagon is a horse-drawn wagon operating as a mobile field kitchen and frequently covered with a white tarp, also called a camp wagon or round-up wagon. [1] It was historically used for the storage and transportation of food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and Canada. [2]