prairie schooner
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The most common wagon was the prairie schooner.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Sirs: The "prairie schooner" was usually referred to as the "Conestoga" wagon.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Benton an outfit was purchased, and Parson Morris with his wife Nancy embarked in a "prairie schooner" for their home across the plains.
From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by Maclean, John
