Wagon train
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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 (97 km) to market the 1,100 bushels of wheat raised by the school at Seger Colony, Oklahoma Territory, c. 1900
American frontier
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The American frontier encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settl
Wagon train
…group of wagons traveling together. Before the extensive use of military vehicles, baggage trains followed an army with supplies and ammunition. In the American West, settlers traveling across the plains and mountain passes in covered wagons banded together for mutual assistance. Although wagon trains are associated…
The cowboy, the quintessential symbol of the American frontier
Daniel Boone escorting settlers through the Cumberland Gap
Siege of Fort Detroit during Pontiac's War in 1763
Native leader Tecumseh killed in battle in 1813 by Richard M. Johnson, who later became vice president