Conestoga wagons
Conestoga wagons
Fire trucks started out as hand wagons called "Pumpers" the preferred color was "RED."
Pioneer cargo wagons are called Conestoga wagons.
They are called conestoga wagons.
They are called conestoga wagons.
They were called Covered Wagons.
Trucks are general open railway goods wagons used for carrying coal minerals etc
Because the tops of the wagons reminded people of ships at sea.
The word "truck" comes from the Greek "trochos", meaning "wheel." In America, the big wheels of wagons were called trucks. When the gasoline-engine driven trucks came into fashion, these were called "motor trucks." Lorry is a British term, but is only used for the medium and heavy types (see below), i.e. a van, a pickup or a Jeep would never be regarded as a "lorry."
becasue of the conostoga valley in pa
Karl Benz received a German patent for an automobile in 1886. It was the first machine designed to be a self powered vehicle as opposed to predecessors which had been modified coaches or wagons. He called his vehicle the Benz Patent Motorwagen.
Covered wagons were also known as "Prairie Schooners".