This focused 50-page softcover study highlights the wagon’s origins in the Conestoga Valley of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where skilled blacksmiths and wheelwrights helped shape its distinctive and reliable form.
Historian Earl F. Reist presents a concise yet engaging account of the wagon’s development, including insights into its construction methods, uses across colonial and frontier America, and the blacksmithing techniques that made the Conestoga such a dependable hauler of goods.
Perfect for restorers, historians, and wagon enthusiasts, this book serves as both a cultural history and a technical overview of one of the most recognized wagons in American history.
Specifications
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Format: Softcover
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Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 11"
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Pages: 50
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER 1: ORIGIN OF THE WAGON-EVOLUTION EARLY HISTORY
CHATPER 2: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PA.
CHAPTER 3: DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONESTOGA WAGON FREIGHTER IN COLONIAL AMERICA
CHAPTER 4: LANCASTER OR CONESTOGA HORSE
CHAPTER 5: THESE THREE WORKED TOGETHER
CHAPTER 6: EARLY ROADS FROM PHILADELPHIA TO LANCASTER
CHAPTER 7: TAVERNS
CHAPTER 8: CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONESTOGA WAGON AND ACCESSORIES
CHAPTER 9: PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH MOTIFS - THEIR ORIGINS, AND INTERPRESTATIONS. COMMON SAYINGS AND TERMINOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONESTOGA WAGONS.
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