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Most people who used this trail were pioneers who traveled by conestoga wagons or walked on foot?
yes
What transportation did the haida people use?
they transportated by feet, and by using a canoe in water.
When were covered wagons last used?
I'm trying to find the best answer to the same question, but I can give you a partial answer. When my great-grandmother, who died in 1997, was young, her family moved from West Virginia to Oklahoma to take part in a government-sponsored homesteading project. There were no moving vans back then, so they travelled by covered wagon (or maybe wagons, I'm not sure). Sometimes she used to say "Conestoga Wagon", which is a slightly different thing, but the idea is still the same. Three years after they moved out there, the farm failed. They moved back east in the same wagons. That was in 1906, when there were cars, but very few roads and no highway system as we know it now. So there's your partial answer. The earliest, last date of covered wagons was 1906. But it was probably later than that, as sometimes people had to move across states where no highways existed into the 1920s and maybe even later. There are probably still people out there for whom travelling in covered wagons is a living memory. Not many, but a few. As an aside, as the eldest child of a big brood of siblings, my great-grandmother didn't actually ride in the wagons. She had to walk on the side of the wagon with the adults. At the age of ten, and then again at thirteen, she walked from West Virginia to Oklahoma, and then from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania. Gives you a good indication of how slow the wagons were, and on how tough our ancestors were, huh?
What transportation did the southern colonies have?
People used horse-drawn carriages, horses, wagons, driver ships, or walked.
Why were the first American railroad built in the south?
farmers used them to move cotton.
What was the name of the covered wagons that many people used for travel?
conestoga wagons
What was used by pioneers to travel to the northwest territory?
they used "Conestoga wagons"
Most people who used this trail were pioneers who traveled by conestoga wagons or walked on foot?
yes
How did pioneers navigate on the prairie?
The library is a good place to look for books about pioneers. By the way, pioneers traveled in wagons. They used Conestoga Wagons, or- a little bit more specifically- covered wagons. The y also used farm wagons.
How do you spell carniesata?
Perhaps you are looking for the Conestoga wagons which early American settlers used to travel west.
When did the first conestoga wagon appear?
1749.The first conestoga wagon was built in 1749. I'm not certain where the original answer came from, but it is pretty well known that William Penn's secretary purchased what he called a Conestoga wagon from a Quaker named James Hendricks. Having later purchased canvas for his wagon, it is assumed that the design would be similar to the wagons used later. Indeed, Hendricks had land on the Old Wagon Road.
What sturdy vehicle covered with white canvas was used by the pioneers to move west?
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.
What was the difference between Conestoga wagon and a Prairie Schooner?
They are essentially the same thing a covered type of wagon useful on the Western frontier. Prairie schooner was a colloquial term, Conestoga was a trade name for wagons. This is also the origin of the term Stogie for a cigar, the Conestoga also being a brand of cigars and having a(Chuck wagon) trade mark. one should distinguish between covered wagons in general- and Praire schooner implies a speed wagon, and Chuck Wagons (chuck being a cowboy term for food) which wee and are specifically commissary-oriented, and a must at the larger ranches. Conestoga type wagons and many other horse-drawn vehicles were made after l850 by an outfit in South Bend , Indiana known as Studebaker. this explains the wagon Wheel trademark a literal throwback to (Horse and Buggy). Studebaker supplied double-truck sleighs (big as trucks) to the Imperial Russian govt (presumably the Army and Police may have grabbed them up) in World war I/ some may well have been, err, shaklkl we say Ivan Wagons for the N.K.V.D.
What was used to make the roof of a wagon?
Conestoga wagons had a roof made with canvas. The canvas was supported with a wooden frame and suspension and both were made with wood. The covers were arched and were usually white.
What is the Conestoga wagon?
The Conestoga Wagon is a car to the Old West Settlers. a Conestoga wagon is a heavy coated wagon with 4 strong wheels especially used by the Settlers. they have to use 4-6 horses to carry the wagon. The Conestoga wagon was made in the 18th century and was first built in the Conestoga Creek in Pennsylvania. It had a flat body and sides to prevent tipping over. it became famous as later adopted and the wagon is big it could carry up to 6 tons
What waa the name of the vehicle used to transport westward-bound pioneers and their possessions?
The main vehicle used to transport westward bound pioneers and their possessions is called a Conestoga wagon. This type of wagon could transport up to eight tons! It was drawn by four to eight horses or a dozen mules or oxen. The first Conestoga wagons appeared in Pennsylvania around 1725 and are thought to have been invented by the Mennonites.
What type of animals was most ofter used to pull Conestoga Wagons?
They used horses for traveling because they had no cars.
