When he first laid eyes on the weathered Conestoga wagon, Clair Eberly surveyed the wooden wheels, taller in the back to handle rough roads and smaller in the front to help with turning. He lingered ...
How's this for throwing it all the way back? For the past decade, one Idaho-based company has been bringing back the original charm of the Wild West, but with modern amenities and all the comforts of ...
A fully rigged Conestoga wagon was a union of graceful craftsmanship and rugged utility. With running gear painted vermilion, sides a bright blue and topped with white canvas on graceful bows, wagon ...
After 61 years of rain, wind, snow and sweltering heat that rotted its wood, broke its wheels and corroded its metal, the old covered wagon held. Cooper Weeks worried it wouldn’t. The worst-case ...
What story lies behind the Conestoga wagon at the center of Carroll County’s official seal? I was definitely in the dark for years and now am ashamed that my lack of county history was to blame. A ...
SILVERTHORNE – Twenty-one wooden wagons have rolled into the Outlets at Silverthorne’s Green Village. They aren’t party to a second gold rush, nor were they drawn over the mountains by horses, oxen or ...
Dennis Steinman stands inside one of his wagons on Thursday, April 11, 2019. The wagon has room for a king- or queen-sized bed, a bunk bed, and a wagon wheel table. Dennis and Donna Steinman aren’t ...
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When he first laid eyes on the weathered Conestoga wagon, Clair Eberly surveyed the wooden wheels, taller in the back to handle rough roads and smaller in the front to help with turning. He lingered ...
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