The Conestoga Wagon A Pennsylvania German Product By H. C. FREY T HE Conestoga wagon was unquestionably a Pennsylvania German product. Lancaster county gets the credit for its origin. Many claimants say that it was modeled after the old English covered wagon. Might not the old English covered wagon

Pennsylvania-German or Pennsylvania- Dutch. As these two designations are fre. quently used indiscriminately, and often lead to unpleasant disagree. ments among those who are related to the people so designated, or interested in their history and literature, it may perhaps be proper to devote a

intermingling of the Celtic, Cymric and Teutonic traditions and customs, these becoming engrafted upon each other until we have what in some cases may be called a strictly Pennsylvania folk-lore. The superstitions, or Aberglaube, of the early German settlers entered into all domestic actions and the duties of

articles on the Pennsylvania Dutch, personal histories, crime, and genealogical information within the book. Histories for the following municipalities are included: Marietta, Christiana, Columbia, Donegal, Erie, Lancaster, Lititz, Manheim, Maytown, Mountville, Peach Bottom, Salunga, and Wrightsville