Genealogical queries & reports of research : commemorating 300 years of German immigration to the United States of America : a 1982-1983 project of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Palatines to America
G. Shumway and Early American Industries Association
Date of Publication
[1966]
Physical Description
279 p.
Notes
Includes bibliographies.
Contents
The Conestoga wagon's place in history. The emergence of an American wagon in colonial Pennsylvania -- General Braddock's wagons -- Routes, roads, and turnpikes -- Accounts of travel on the road -- Taverns along the way -- Lore of the wagoners -- Men who made the wagons -- The Conestoga horse, and team. The Conestoga horse -- The team and its control / Albert I. Drachman -- Harnesses and accessories -- The Conestoga wagon. Nomenclature of wagon parts -- The building of a wagon / William Henry Stanton -- Wagon beds or boxes -- Running gear -- Wagon accessories.
