Covered Wagon Prairie Schooner
the nick name for a very larged covered waggon is called a PRAIRIE SCHOONER
There is no difference. Prairie schooner is a poetic name for a covered wagon (technically called a Conestoga wagon).
Another name for covered wagons is a prairie schooner.
prairie schooner
The covered wagon was the main means of travel for about two centuries of American history. The wagon box was covered in hoops with a canvas tarp on top. Another name for the covered wagon was prairie schooner because the white canvas top looked like a ship's sails as it moved along the prairie.
Covered Wagon
The Prairie Schooner was lighter and smaller than the Conestoga wagon and so it required less horses to pull it. Both of these wagons had a bonnet that covered the box.
The prairie schooner was invented by John Murphy in the mid-19th century. It was a lightweight covered wagon used primarily by pioneers traveling westward across the Great Plains during the frontier expansion of the United States.
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The prairie schooner is half the size of the Conestoga and half the weight
The Conestoga wagon was heavier and therefore required a larger number of draft animals to pull it than the Prairie Schooner wagon.