Conestoga wagon
Example Sentences
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The inauguration involves thousands of people, marching bands, horses, bomb-sniffing dogs and a Conestoga wagon, among other things.
From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2017
Her father was a sign painter; her maternal grandparents had come west to Utah in a Conestoga wagon after the Civil War.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2013
The Conestoga wagon was made in Conestoga, Pa., which had been named for the Conestoga Indians.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sirs: The "prairie schooner" was usually referred to as the "Conestoga" wagon.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Maybe. Anyway, my great-grandfather got this mud from the bottom of the river sixty-four years ago. Next to my Conestoga wagon, it’s the best thing I have.”
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
