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A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop, or prairie schooner, is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon with a canvas top used for transportation or hauling. The covered wagon has become a cultural icon of the American West .
A carroça coberta (em inglês: covered wagon ou prairie schooner) é um tipo de carroça, usado como meio de transporte que se tornou, pela grande utilização nas rotas chamadas Emigrant Trail um símbolo do Velho Oeste dos Estados Unidos.
23 de out. de 2012 · Covered wagons helped push the American frontier all the way to the Pacific Ocean, but for western trails the Conestoga wagon morphed into the prairie schooner. Smaller, lighter, and lacking the distinctive curve, prairie schooners carried household goods and some family members—most settlers walked.
Learn about the prairie schooner, a 19th-century covered wagon used by emigrants traveling to the American West. Find out its features, size, weight, animals, speed, and routes.
- William E. Hill
2 de fev. de 2023 · Learn about the covered wagons that carried thousands of settlers across the Great Plains in the 19th century. Find out how they were built, pulled, and used for shelter, transportation, and cooking.
11 de jun. de 2018 · Learn about the history and design of the covered wagon, a symbol of American pioneer days. Find out how it differed from the Conestoga wagon and how it was used for westward expansion.
15 de abr. de 2019 · It’s amazing to think about how the pioneers first made their decision to purchase covered wagons and transport themselves and their families to new and distant lands. And yet, from the mid-1840s to the late 1860s, nearly half-a-million people committed to making the journey.
