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Starting around 1840 and lasting for a couple decades, the Conestoga Wagon moved men, women, and children across the Great Plains to the west coast.

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The Conestoga Wagon - Circa 1840 photo 176
Open wagons and oxen were also use to traves across country.
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Photo courtesy of Dave Stein, Kurt Weill Foundation, NY