prairie schooner in English
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a covered wagon used by the 19th-century pioneers in crossing the North American prairies. The prairie schooner resembled the Conestoga wagon but was smaller.
The earliest recollections I have are of Dad and family making the trip by covered wagon ( prairie schooner ) from Ness City, Kansas to Ouray, Colorado.
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1. It was an old spring-wagon, with a round canvas top on it like the cover of a prairie schooner.