A Conestoga wagon is a large freight type wagon pull by horses or oxen. They were used to move families across the nation in the western expansion. They were constructed in Conestoga, PA.
Life on a covered wagon was difficult. Dust covered the wagons from traveling on dirt roads. Life on the covered wagon could also be dangerous.
Pioneers traveled west using Conestoga wagons. They also used the prairie schooners because they schooners were smaller, lighter, more maneuverable.. They also provided shelter and protection.
A properly made Conestoga Wagon could carry as much as 12,000 pounds of cargo. The main issue for the wagon was not its capability. It was the horses or oxen to pull it.
I assume the question is about North America? Before the railroad spanned the East coast to the West coast, it would take between 3 and 6 months for a horse drawn wagon train to complete the journey. Many did, but many didn't complete the hazardous journey with many dying on the way.Obviously not everyone went coast to coast, with many leaving the wagon trains to settle along the routes. There where several routes opened up by intrepid pioneers.By comparison, depending on where you begin and where you end your journey, nowadays, the 3,000 mile coast-to-coast train ride takes 3 nights, without stopovers.
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Traveling afoot, many pioneers spread out across America. Others rode mules, horses, or bought a wagon and joined up with a wagon train. Back then, the Cadillac of wagons was the Conestoga wagon.
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A wagon train is a number of horse drawn wagons travelling together for safety.
A wagon train is a number of horse drawn wagons travelling together for safety.