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The June issue of Early American Life magazine has an excellent article on the history of the conastoga wagon. To my surprise, they go back to early 1700s in Pennsylvania. My 'knowledge' of them consisted of old episodes of the Wagon Train TV show with Ward Bond. The piece covers why and where they were developed, the materials used to construct them (very exacting), the colors used to paint them, their relative cost, even the development or choices of the type of horse to draw them. Very enjoyable and I learned a lot.
Jeff
Jeff