2018年5月8日 · Conestoga wagon (kŏn´əstō´gə), heavy freight-carrying vehicle of distinctive type that originated in the Conestoga region of Pennsylvania c.1725. It was used by farmers to …

2018年6月11日 · Another name for the covered wagon was prairie schooner, because the white canvas cover resembled the sails of a ship as it moved slowly across the "sea" of grasslands. …

2018年6月27日 · PRAIRIE SCHOONERPRAIRIE SCHOONER, a wagon used for long-distance travel and freight transport in the nineteenth century. The wagon was made with six or seven …

2018年5月23日 · WAGON TRAINS WAGON TRAINS. For purposes of protection and efficiency, traders and emigrants of the trans-Mississippi West before 1880 customarily gathered their …

2018年5月11日 · He designed the Conestoga wagon to transport trade goods to Indian country and furs for export back to Philadelphia. He became rich through personal investments in land …

2018年5月9日 · Wild West the western U.S. in a time of lawlessness in its early history. The Wild West was the last of a succession of frontiers formed as settlers moved gradually further west. …

2018年5月29日 · PONY EXPRESS Pony Express was a short-lived but emblematic mail and small package carrier service that operated during the mid-1800s. It still remains a symbol of …

2018年6月8日 · MELTING POT MELTING POT is a term that originated in Israel Zangwill 's 1908 drama, The Melting Pot. It examined the American dream, the acceptance of newcomers, and …

2018年6月27日 · Daniel Webster >Daniel Webster (1782-1852), a notable orator and leading constitutional >lawyer, was a major congressional spokesman for the Northern Whigs during …

2018年6月8日 · PALESTINIANS a people who consider themselves descendants of the canaanites, and other peoples who have settled in palestine since ancient times. The name …