prairie schooner
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The most common wagon was the prairie schooner.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
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
There it will begin tests that will culminate in flights that could do for space colonization what the prairie schooner and the railroads did for the settling of America.
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
An authentic prairie schooner, a true veteran of the Plains, was out of the question.
From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)
