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They steeled out in the opened, with their wagons in a big circle
pioneers were worker men so they needed to get around the place quite quickly
Well, the driver, his wife, and very young children usually did. But you are correct that many pioneers headed West walked most of the way beside the wagon. The main reason was that the wagon was stuffed to the canvas with their worldly goods, and there was no room to ride in the wagon!
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Most of them traveled in wagons.
Most of them traveled in wagons.
They steeled out in the opened, with their wagons in a big circle
Pioneers traveled by covered wagons. The most common type of wagon was the Conestoga wagon.
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Most pioneers only have one wagon per family. If a person was very rich and had a lot of things he or she didn't want to let go, then most certainly they'd have three wagons.
pioneers were worker men so they needed to get around the place quite quickly
Most Mormon pioneers came by wagons pulled by oxen or horses. The poorest Mormons came by handcart.See images of Mormon Pioneer handcarts at the "Related Links" below.
i find most hooded wagons in gaptooth ridge
Well, the driver, his wife, and very young children usually did. But you are correct that many pioneers headed West walked most of the way beside the wagon. The main reason was that the wagon was stuffed to the canvas with their worldly goods, and there was no room to ride in the wagon!
well there are all kinds of ways people travel.in the olden days people traveled in boats and on trains or by wagons. now they use planes, trains, light rails cars, cars, trucks, bikes, boats. but explorers travelled on boats, horses, and horses. by the time trains came around, explorers had already found just about everything.
the movement to the west was truly one of the most interesting periods of this nation history 😊