USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Conestoga wagon was a horse-drawn freight wagon developed in the late 18th century in the Conestoga Creek region of southeastern Pennsylvania.

Detailed explanation-2: -Design of the Conestoga Wagon Designed for hauling heavy loads over rough roads, the covered wagons could carry as much as six tons of freight; each one was handcrafted from wood (including oak and poplar).

Detailed explanation-3: -The famous Conestoga wagon was used, not by emigrants, but to haul freight.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Canada, the Conestoga wagons were used by Pennsylvania German migrants who left the United States for Southern Ontario, settling various communities in Niagara Region, Kitchener-Waterloo area and York Region (mostly in Markham and Stouffville).

Detailed explanation-5: -prairie schooner, 19th-century covered wagon popularly used by emigrants traveling to the American West. In particular, it was the vehicle of choice on the Oregon Trail.