prairie schooner
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The most common wagon was the prairie schooner.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
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
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
For about $800, a family of four rides a prairie schooner driven by a hired hand, with stops along the trail to investigate the Smoky Hill River or the surrounding hills.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had a unique outfit, a prairie schooner drawn by four burros abreast.
From Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway by Gladding, Effie Price
