Conestoga
Covered pioneer wagon
A Conestoga wagon was a heavy covered wagon used in 18th- and 19th-century America to haul freight and settlers westward.
Named for the Conestoga Valley in Pennsylvania where they originated, these broad-wheeled wagons with their distinctive curved beds and canvas tops became icons of American expansion.
The pioneers loaded their Conestoga and headed for Oregon.
Canvas-roofed pioneer vehicle
- prairie schoonerCanvas-topped pioneer transport
- wagon trainPioneers' covered convoy
- canvas topFabric vehicle roof
- oxenCastrated male cattle
draft horses · wagonmaster · wheelwright · running gear · hitching · teamster · freight wagon · buckboard
Transported goods
- haulingTransporting heavy items
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- goodsThings for sale
trade · commerce · heavy load · merchant · teamster · supply · distribution · payload
One who colonizes territory
- frontierEdge of settlement
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- Oregon TrailEmigrant route westward
- westward expansionSpreading in sunset's direction
manifest destiny · prairie · wilderness · migration · colonial · territorial · fur trade · trapper
covered wagon
Canvas-roofed pioneer vehicle
- prairie schoonerCanvas-topped pioneer transport
- wagon trainPioneers' covered convoy
- canvas topFabric vehicle roof
oxen · draft horses · wagonmaster · wheelwright · running gear · hitching · teamster · freight wagon · buckboard · pioneer wagon
cargo
Transported goods
- haulingTransporting heavy items
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
goods · trade · commerce · heavy load · merchant · teamster · supply · distribution · payload · tonnage
settler
One who colonizes territory
- frontierEdge of settlement
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- Oregon TrailEmigrant route westward
westward expansion · manifest destiny · prairie · wilderness · migration · colonial · territorial · fur trade · trapper · sodbuster
Conestogastagecoach
Horse-drawn route vehicle
passenger coach · carriage · buggy · hansom cab · sulky
Conestogahomestead
Family farm and dwelling
farmhouse · settlement · town · cabin · log cabin
Conestogasteamboat
Engine-powered watercraft
locomotive · railroad · canal boat · clipper ship · steamship
- Conestoga wagonLarge covered freight vehicle