prairie schooner
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The most common wagon was the prairie schooner.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
When it arrived, it turned out to be a steam engine instead of a prairie schooner and not such an irresistable choo-choo at that.
From Time Magazine Archive
With fresh paint, new lumber and much of America out on the open road in the modern prairie schooner, the motor home, Tombstone was back in business, a going concern.
From Time Magazine Archive
For about $800, a family of four rides a prairie schooner driven by a hired hand, with stops along the trail to investigate the Smoky Hill River or the surrounding hills.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Well, we haven't got anything you can rightly call a camp; but we're located in a prairie schooner near by the spring in the valley."
From Dick in the Desert by Otis, James
