prairie schooner
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The most common wagon was the prairie schooner.
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The first man to do things in the lazy Santa Fe style was a Topeka lawyer named Cyrus Holliday, who dreamed of running a railroad into the great Southwest to replace the prairie schooner.
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Sirs: The "prairie schooner" was usually referred to as the "Conestoga" wagon.
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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.
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An authentic prairie schooner, a true veteran of the Plains, was out of the question.
From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)