Talk:Covered wagon

Wagons, carts, oxen, bullocks etc

Please see discussion at Talk:Bullock cart#Carts and wagons. Richard New Forest (talk) 10:55, 15 February 2010.

Expansion for inclusivity

While indeed it is iconic of the American west, a covered wagon covers a very broad territory; for instance, the supply wagons used in the American Civil War were by and large covered wagons, many rather identical to ones used in westward migration (indeed, any ones used in supplying Army outposts would have been identical). Thoughts on my expanding it to be more inclusive of all forms of the general wagons used over long distances and time-periods that involved removable fabric covers? Otherwise, there ought to be separate articles for "covered wagon" and "prarie schooner". Morgan Riley (talk) 22:45, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

What did the pioneer children play on the Oregon trail?

I have a project going on.Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.72.227.224 (talk) 23:36, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

File misnamed

"File:Prairie schooner, Bangor, ME IMG 2543.JPG|right|thumb|A Conestoga-style covered wagon on display at the (Cole Land Transportation Museum") is misnamed. The Conestoga is a particular type of wagon as opposed to the standard covered wagon that is referred to as the Prairie schooner and only confused with the Conestoga by someone that doesn't know the difference and I suppose some instances on Wikipedia. Otr500 (talk) 23:17, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Exactly what I wanted to point out. The curved strip of wood half way up the side and the cut of the canvas gives the appearance of a curved bottom construction but the bottom is obviously flat. The sign in the picture clearly describes it as a Prairie Schooner, a much lighter wagon often used by pioneers. The Conestoga was a heavy wagon used for bulk freight.

The wheels do not have the dished shape found on the Conestoga.

The prairie schooner was essentially a farm wagon with a canvass cover added and a few features so it could support it's own maintenance and repairs in the wilderness. Jim — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.251.10.41 (talk) 19:18, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Images

Without even looking at each image, but just the count, twenty-seven images goes far beyond "Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files". The images need to be edited and those not necessary, of poor quality (Example: Covered wagon train c. 1879), or just unneeded repeats, or especially if any are in violation of copyrights, removed. -- Otr500 (talk) 16:05, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

I removed about 10 or so that didn't really contribute to describing the topic. I will work on the article later. There is quite a bit of crossover between Covered wagon and Conestoga wagon, and somewhat Wagon train.   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 19:05, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

@Otr500: Okay, I'm done. Better?   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 00:58, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Absolutely, and thanks. -- Otr500 (talk) 03:29, 24 November 2023 (UTC)