prairie schooner
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The most common wagon was the prairie schooner.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
The first man to do things in the lazy Santa Fe style was a Topeka lawyer named Cyrus Holliday, who dreamed of running a railroad into the great Southwest to replace the prairie schooner.
From Time Magazine Archive
Good shot: Mary, her hair disarrayed by the wind, snuggling up to John for a kiss, in the front seat of a prairie schooner.
From Time Magazine Archive
When it arrived, it turned out to be a steam engine instead of a prairie schooner and not such an irresistable choo-choo at that.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was August, and the hot sun poured down its relentless rays on the prairie schooner and its occupants travelling slowly on; but Jack never grumbled.
From Left on the Prairie by Cox, M. B.
