- Prairie Schooners
History of Conestoga wagons and labeled diagram, from the University of Oregon.
www.endoftheoregontrail.org/wagons.html
- Thinkquest: Conestoga Wagon
Provides an interactive diagram of a Conestoga wagon with explanations of its various parts and their uses. Also includes a quiz to test what you have learned.
tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/wagon.htm
- Wikipedia: Conestoga Wagon
Examines the Conestoga Wagon, a heavy, broad-wheeled covered freight carrier used extensively during the United States' Westward Expansion in the late 1700s and 1800s.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conestoga_wagons
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