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Does the prairie schooner need more horses to pull than the conestoga wagon?
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The Conestoga wagon was heavier and therefore required a larger number of draft animals to pull it than the Prairie Schooner wagon.
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Which wagon required less horses Prairie schooner or Conestoga wagon?
prairie schooner
Which takes less horses to Cary the conestoga wagon or the prairie schooner?
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.
Is the conestoga wagon lighter than the prairie schooner?
The prairie schooner is half the size of the Conestoga and half the weight
What is the difference between covered wagons and prairie schooners?
There is no difference. Prairie schooner is a poetic name for a covered wagon (technically called a Conestoga wagon).
What is lighter a conestoga wagon or a prairie schooner?
Prairie schooners are lighter. Conestoga wagons were too heavy to use for long trip, they were just for transporting goods. The prairie schooners were the ones that went out west.
What is the name of the wagon that the pioneers used on the Oregon trail?
The most common wagon used on the trails westward was an ordinary farm wagon fitted with a white canvas top supported by hoops of flexible wood. They were often called "Prairie Schooners," possibly suggested by their white tops resembling sails. The Prairie Schooner was a smaller, lighter version of the Conestoga freight wagon. The big Conestogas required six horse teams. The Prairie Schooners needed no more than four horses, and were usually drawn by oxen in any event, making them much more affordable and easier to handle. Ironically, the great majority of migrants walked the whole distance, since the wagons were used primarily for household possessions and the drivers didn't want to overtax their teams with additional weight.
What is Prairie schooners?
A covered wagon, also known as a Conestoga wagon.
Is there any other names for the covered wagon?
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.
The nickname for pioneer wagon was?
Covered Wagon Prairie Schooner
What is the vehicle that many American settlers traveled west in?
conestoga wagon.. nickname: prarie schooner
Who invented the prairie schooner?
Lukas Anderson
What is a schooner?
In it's nautical reference, this Americanismrefers toa sailing vessel with two or more masts. It can also be a very tall glass for beer, or a glass for drinking sherry wine. When used as "prairie schooner" it refers to a covered wagon (smaller than a Conestoga wagon), that was used by pioneers crossing the American continent in the 1800s.
