History of the Covered Wagon

Covered Wagon

The earliest known covered wagons were first seen around 1717 near the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania. These large, early wagons were called Conestoga wagons. The covered wagon would be a major mode of transportation in the United States for hauling goods and transporting people until railroad trains took hold around 1850. Covered wagons helped push […]

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