From the top down... canvas was used for the wagon sheet. The bows were a steamed wood strip, with the front and rear bows being occasionally replaced with a wagon rim, the steel band around the outside
Life on a covered wagon was difficult. Dust covered the wagons from traveling on dirt roads. Life on the covered wagon could also be dangerous.
try O Pioneers by Willa Cather
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.
Possibly "Wagon wheel" which is a round shaped chocolate bar??
Terrible. Compared to automobile travel today, it was slow, bumpy, smelly, and with many more breakdowns between destinations.
The Mormon pioneers were treated like enemies
Hard
Yes, pioneers made candles using materials like tallow, beeswax, or bayberry wax. Candles were an essential source of light before the invention of electric lighting and were typically made by dipping a wick into melted wax or tallow to create the candle.
Pioneers made buttons by carving them out of materials such as bone, wood, or horn. They would shape the material into the desired button size and design using simple tools like knives or saws. Sometimes they would also attach thread holes to the buttons using a drill or awl.
Yes they did. Just like you and me.
today they have pooed
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