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Narrow covered wagon used by west-bound Canadian settlers c. 1885 Painting showing a wagon train of covered wagons. A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop, [1] or prairie schooner, [2] is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon used for passengers or freight hauling. It has a canvas, tarpaulin, or waterproof sheet which is stretched ...
The Covered Wagon lobby poster. The Covered Wagon is a 1923 American silent epic Western film released by Paramount Pictures.The film was directed by James Cruze based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Emerson Hough about a group of pioneers traveling through the old West from Kansas to Oregon.
Once again there was a covered wagon with 21.3 m 2 (229 sq ft) loading area, classed as the Gr Kassel and a large-volume wagon with 29.4 m 2 (316 sq ft) loading area, called the Gl Dresden. In addition, the Austauschbau series saw two new wagon classes being developed. The Glt Dresden was largely similar in design to the "standard" Gl Dresden ...
Following the massacre, the perpetrators swore each other to secrecy, and the murdered members of the wagon train were hastily buried; yet the elements and scavengers quickly uncovered their corpses. Two years after the massacre, United States Army officer James Henry Carleton was sent to investigate it. He was convinced that the Mormons were ...
A wagon is uncovered and tempers flare when no gold is found. Johnny dies right after Frazee admits he watched Chris as "hangman's bait," waiting for Dave to show up. A terrible sand storm develops, and Chalk tries to stampede the horses, killing Frazee with Frazee's gun. Jim kills Chalk as he tries to escape. The storm uncovers the entire ...
Conestoga wagon, National Museum of American History The Conestoga wagon, also simply known as the Conestoga, is an obsolete transport vehicle that was used exclusively in North America, primarily the United States, mainly from the early 18th to mid-19th centuries.
Archaeologists discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb in Italy filled with over 150 artifacts, including chariots and bronze items, shedding light on Picene aristocrats.
A chuckwagon or chuck wagon is a horse-drawn wagon operating as a mobile field kitchen and frequently covered with a white tarp, also called a camp wagon or round-up wagon. [1] It was historically used for the storage and transportation of food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and Canada. [ 2 ]