A wagon train is a group of wagons traveling together. Before the extensive use of military vehicles, baggage trains followed an army with supplies and ammunition.
1912 Pioneer Day re-enactment of a wagon train in Utah.
Native American teams hauling 60 miles to market the 1100 bushels of wheat raised by the school at Seger Colony, Oklahoma Territory, circa 1900.
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.
Narrow covered wagon used by west-bound Canadian settlers c. 1885
Conestoga at National Museum of American History
Shows framework at Museum of Science and Industry
Freight Conestoga (Pennsylvania)