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Covered wagon
Canvas-covered horse or ox wagons / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a canvas-covered horse- or ox-drawn wagon. For the railway wagon, see Covered goods wagon.
A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop,[1] or prairie schooner,[2] is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon with a canvas top used for transportation or hauling.[3] The covered wagon has become a cultural icon of the American West.
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