| 单词 | covered wagon |
| 例句 | I’m reminded of a news story, early in my editing career in Iowa, about a Pioneer Days celebration, complete with covered wagons and costumed “settlers.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We threaded our way through the underground museum, looking at covered wagons and other junk from the 1800s. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “How about if I borrow Grandpa Tweedy’s covered wagon, sir, and us boys go campin’ in the mountains. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We knew the big blue-painted covered wagon was something to stare at, and five boys off for the mountains were something to envy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Dad made sure the company he hired strung lights over the covered wagon that marked the entrance. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z All the time we were unloading the covered wagon, I believed the boys wouldn’t tell on me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The front of the line of covered wagons went out of sight over afar hill. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z And when the covered wagons set out to cross the continent, friends and relations remaining at home might never hear from the wanderers again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To her it was the food of covered wagon people, of Indian fighters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The covered wagon was the hearse for anybody who needed one in that part of Banks County. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then I stated my business, namely, that Papa wanted him to let me use Big Red and Satan and the covered wagon. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Like a modern-day covered wagon, it rolls out of the waving grasslands and stops. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It looks like a cross between a henhouse and a covered wagon from the old west. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z At Yale, Lawrence’s closest research collaborator was Jesse Beams, another rural Midwesterner—his grandparents had migrated from West Virginia to Kansas in a covered wagon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I’ve done them from—I did one in the back of like a covered wagon when I was doing a Western, tucked away with sound blankets around me. Ron Howard Talks the Arrested Development Reunion 2013-05-21T18:03:14Z In one of Bluff’s shops, there is a miniature re-creation of seven teams of horses straining to pull a covered wagon up a steep rocky road — just as Bluff’s founders struggled. In Utah, celebrating eight decades at five national parks 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z A guitar is also something that these characters could possibly have brought with them in a covered wagon. After Two Hit Operas, a Composer Takes on the Bleak Prairie 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Actors are supposed to be these runaways that get in a covered wagon filled with hats and tambourines and go from town to town making people smile. John Cho, Sulu of ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ Navigates a Beckoning Universe 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z To keep the turkeys plump — and to encourage them to march — farmers would load a covered wagon with feed. Once upon a time, your Thanksgiving turkey took a very long walk to get to your table 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Then comes a succession of buslike vehicles — a covered wagon, a ship — that are definitely not what he’s waiting for. Standout New Picture Books 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z One looked like a covered wagon, another was made with corrugated metal and wood shingles. Try a 120-square-foot home on for size at the tiny-house hotel in Portland, Ore. 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z But her warmth, honesty and sense of humor made this rugged journey by covered wagon toward a silver lining of wisdom and acceptance a fulfilling experience. Review: Stacy Sullivan, Guided by History and Weather, at the Metropolitan Room 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z "Mad Men" also broadened the definition of "period," proving that shows did not need powdered wigs or covered wagons to be considered historical, and offered the Big Four a nongraphic model to follow. Now that 'Mad Men' has changed the TV landscape, what does it all mean? 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z R.V.’s have their own neighborhood in the parking lot, and they cluster like the covered wagons of yesteryear. My Favorite Place: Little Compton, R.I. 2011-09-23T18:58:31Z Apparently I thought they still had covered wagons and no cable. “It’s really terrifying”: Lizz Winstead on stealth antiabortion laws and fighting politicians in “their last grasp of hanging on to unearned power” 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z All of this was in train when Wilder's family wandered the American plains in their covered wagon – they just didn't know it yet. The Little House books as feminist classics 2012-12-28T22:55:10Z Each gallery offers a major artifact: a covered wagon, say, or a Creole cabin constructed using vertical logs. A New Gateway to the West 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps not the imaginary Wild West of my European childhood, with its covered wagons and cowboy hats, but from New York City where I stood, western Pennsylvania. In the hills of western Pennsylvania, a skeptical New Yorker gives glamping a try 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z From the outside, with its vaulted and highly Instagram-able profile, it looks a little like a giant covered wagon. ARTIC bullet-train station a curious, conspicuous bit of symbolism 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z From the covered wagons to the ferries and from the 19th century to the 21st, our circle was complete. Canada’s grand western loop around British Columbia is prime for a road trip 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z They drove the horses pulling the covered wagon and sat together in the one-room schoolhouse. Journeys: Trading Tiaras for Calico on the Prairie 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z In a later encounter with the outlaw, the sister told how she was inside a covered wagon when Billy the Kid tried to rob its passengers. Sainthood possible for New Mexico nun who faced down Billy the Kid 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Well, we've got a title and some covered wagon props that need amortizing. Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman 2011-02-22T08:00:04Z The small covered wagons look like coffins on wheels, as if the goal of this journey were not a new life but the discovery of a suitable burial ground. | 'Meek?s Cutoff': Out on the Frontier, Bringing All That Baggage With Them 2011-04-07T22:33:01Z So are the tales of the family's sojourn westward in covered wagons through grassy fields. Little house of maybe: "American Masters" on fact, fiction and the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z The chef’s menu was inspired by the famous Ride to Rendezvous, a five-day Methow Valley horseback and covered wagon excursion by the Washington Outfitters and Guides every spring. Saddle up: A Western road trip to Methow | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z “That was such a hard time,” Girma gushes, as if Morgan, the most experienced player on the U.S. women’s World Cup team, rode to games in a covered wagon. Youth movement brings a boost to USWNT's World Cup three-peat aspirations 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z “It’s not just a question of sending the covered wagons from East to West and killing people along the way in order to settle the continent, take half of Mexico as you go,” he says. By exploring LA's racial injustice, Luis Valdez's 'Zoot Suit' gave birth to Chicano theater 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z “I said to somebody, ‘They think we’re coming over the Rockies in a covered wagon.’ Amazon Prime ready to kick off ‘Thursday Night Football’ 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The city seal depicts a horse-drawn covered wagon with the phrase “End of the Santa Fe Trail.” In tight-knit El Monte, the killing of two cops reinforces a deep sense of community 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Born in New York, Jacobs was raised in Michigan, where he studied law before crossing the country by ox-drawn covered wagon to Oregon Territory. After 100 years at the King County Courthouse, Ella Shepard Bush’s portraits of judges are now lost and/or damaged 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Packing everything they could fit into a covered wagon, pioneers would start the journey west. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to a shuttered bar, 26 Conestoga huts, resembling covered wagons from the old West, line a fenced parking lot. How the tiny-home movement is providing more than just a roof to homeless people 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Additionally, “for many Native Americans there is nothing good or nostalgic about covered wagons,” Amy Cegielski, a county resident and member of the Navajo tribe, told the board of supervisors. Is Travel Next in the Fight Over Who Profits From Native American Culture? 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Some were dragged through the streets with ropes around their necks and hanged from a wooden awning over a sidewalk, a covered wagon or the crossbeam of a corral gate. The racist massacre that killed 10% of L.A.'s Chinese population and brought shame to the city 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z People flocked to Richmond to watch, massing in tents and covered wagons along the banks of the James River, nearly doubling the town’s population of 5,000. From Burr to Clinton, Supreme Court takes history tour in Trump wealth case 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z She said searches for unique lodging — for example, a UFO-shaped pod, a covered wagon or an Idaho potato — increased by 70% over the past year. New Airbnb listing: a 65-foot-tall landmark elephant 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z The Schooner, a miniature covered wagon, circles the field after Oklahoma scores. Sooner Schooner won’t run for rest of season after accident 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Born in Oklahoma, Opal moved to Texas with her family by covered wagon when she was 3 — then back again three years later in the same wagon pulled by the same mules. Ridgecrest is isolated. But massive earthquakes show it’s not alone 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The game puts players in the shoes of a settler moving a family of five from Missouri to Oregon in a covered wagon. Rockford museum set to feature an Oregon Trail simulation 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z No audience was present save for one reporter as Buehler looked at the shelters - called Conestoga huts and looking like miniature covered wagons minus the wheels - and spoke with two managers and a resident veteran. Buehler touts moderate credentials in governor’s race 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z When pioneers traveled west on the prairie, bees accompanied them in covered wagons. The Super Bowl of Beekeeping 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Brown’s ancestors arrived in northwest Wisconsin by covered wagon 160 years ago, building a house and planting crops on 80 acres north of the Chippewa River. Kidney Beans Piled to the Rafters: Tariffs Are Biting in Farm Country 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z He said his family arrived here on covered wagons in 1893. A Trump Oil Boom Could Transform This Rocky Mountain Landscape 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Families in covered wagons and gold prospectors once moved west toward the setting sun. The East Needs Some Beasts 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Pioneers buy covered wagons and horses and grain, while the railroad team trades bonds at historically accurate prices. Students learning Native American past through board game 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z In May 1968, more than 100 people departed Marks in covered wagons pulled by mules. Mule Train commemoration a reminder of lingering poverty 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z On May 13, 1968, more than 100 people departed Marks in covered wagons pulled by mules. Mule Train commemoration a reminder of lingering poverty 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z Nearby is a covered wagon, from which is hanging a white flag. Tennessee gym murals modified to remove Confederate flags 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z To the east, replicas of covered wagons stood on the side of the road. Fear of the Federal Government in the Ranchlands of Oregon 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z I grew up in the city, but I dreamed of covered wagons. Caroline Fraser’s new biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder takes a close look at fact vs. fiction in the ‘Little House’ books 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z In “The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey,” Buck wrote of traveling the 2,000-mile trail in a covered wagon; the book became a New York Times best-seller. Brooke Gladstone and Walter Isaacson among authors in town this week 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z “I don’t know how these people came across America in a covered wagon, not knowing what was laying ahead of them, you know?” A small town in Texas. A huge explosion. An unsolved mystery — and the long road back. 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Cleary remembers the celebration that marked the end of World War I and meeting a great-uncle who crossed the Plains in a covered wagon. An appreciation of Beverly Cleary: both children’s author and memoirist 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Living by a church was a dream, so they sold their farm and traveled by covered wagon about 150 miles to the settlement. Faith remains strong in small Kansas town 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Mitchell is a company that once made covered wagons. Montana picker creates unique vintage village 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z “You sit there and ask, ‘How many covered wagons had to go through to make a rut in a rock?’” New tourism director brings ‘unfamiliar eye’ to Nebraska 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Heck, MLS ratings are so minuscule, I’m surprised they don’t travel by covered wagon. Flying coach proves that MLS is bush league 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z AVALON, Calif. — Lolo Saldaña jumped on the Chicago Cubs’ bandwagon so long ago it may well have been a covered wagon. Cubs Made Los Angeles a Home Before the Dodgers Did 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Their caravan journeyed on foot and by covered wagon to Indiana, where they settled land in eastern Vigo County - in the area of present-day Haythorne Avenue. Foundation showcases history of African-American settlement 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z In the 1840s, the pass was the scene of huge horse-stealing raids staged by outlaws, and the Mormon pioneers who founded San Bernardino in 1851 traveled the passage in covered wagons. Furious California wildfire leaves trail of destruction 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z There are also several cottages that are used for guests, as well as a covered wagon that Mr. Depp outfitted with a bathroom and kitchen. Johnny Depp Relists French Village for $55 Million, More Than Doubling the Price 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z “A broad-wheel covered wagon usually drawn by six horses and used especially for transporting freight.” A 6-year-old charms the National Spelling Bee before getting eliminated 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z “I’m getting ready to rent a covered wagon,” he said then. John Kasich exits the presidential race, leaving Trump as presumptive nominee 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The rough décor is meant to evoke the tented carts and makeshift taverns in South Korea called pojangmacha — “covered wagon” — or pocha for short. Tented Walls and Family-Style Korean Dishes at Pocha 32 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z And in closing Kasich said he was “getting ready to rent a covered wagon.” Election 2016: The most memorable 'Separation Tuesday' moments 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Kasich has added a new line to his standard campaign fare, promising to head West: “We’re going to rent a covered wagon,” he said Tuesday, presumably as a joke. Why a Contested Convention Just Got More Likely 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Alexi Gutierrez, who makes and fits horseshoes for living, installed two car seats that can recline and have armrests for comfort at the front of his covered wagon pulled by mules. Cattle drive draws focus to Florida’s cowboy history 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Sanchez said church investigators were able to find a descendant of a passenger in the covered wagon who confirmed the story. Old West nun who stood up to Billy the Kid moves toward sainthood with closing of inquiry 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z But by 1850 - a little over a year after crossing the continent in a covered wagon - Daniel, too, was dead. History is alive for fifth-generation Corvallis farmer 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z This is the legend of the pioneers in covered wagons who trekked across the Rockies and settled the state, the men and women who made the desert bloom—Didion’s ancestors. The Radicalization of Joan Didion 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z But when award-winning journalist, Rinker Buck, discovered that no one had made the epic journey by covered wagon since 1909, he jumped at the chance. How a 2,000-Mile Trail Helped Define The American Mindset 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z A tire on Malcom Jessup’s covered wagon went flat less than a mile from the campsite on the second day of the cattle drive. Cattle drive draws focus to Florida’s cowboy history 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Another story says Billy the Kid and his gang once found Segale in a covered wagon they attempted to rob. Old West nun who stood up to Billy the Kid moves toward sainthood with closing of inquiry 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z OK, so spending the night in a covered wagon is sort of a gimmick. 10 Quirky, Fun, and Cheap Summer Vacation Lodging Ideas 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Mitchum, who also served on the city council, was only 4 years old when he arrived in Batesville in a covered wagon with his parents, 11 brothers and sisters and a dog named Old Ring. Former chief gets new police badge 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z You had this crazy idea to retrace the trek the pioneers took by covered wagon from Kansas City, Missouri, to Portland, Oregon. How a 2,000-Mile Trail Helped Define The American Mindset 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z When the big warehouse door opens, you see a carnival, some Winchester landmarks, a four-horse hitch pulling a covered wagon, a train and even a steamboat. Apple Blossom Festival floats get tender care before parade 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Maybe that past begat that future; maybe covered wagons led to outer space — the final frontier, as Star Trek told us, with similar colonial possibilities. Rebecca Solnit: Las Vegas mirrors America’s decline 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The cowboys and Indians will ride on horseback to the Mall, where they will camp out in five tepees and a covered wagon. For Bacardi, detailing its efforts at landing a political rum punch comes up short on form 2014-04-21T23:42:09Z As a pioneer leading your family westward in a covered wagon, you hunted virtual deer, rabbits and bison—but not too many. Computer Models Help Unravel Mystery of Puebloans’ Disappearance 2014-02-26T15:59:06Z On the plains, you could see a covered wagon coming from 30 or 40 miles away. How a 2,000-Mile Trail Helped Define The American Mindset 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Some carried out the dirt in the covered wagons, others laid the bricks to line the tunnel, and still others laid the tracks to carry a single car. Scientific American’s Owner Built the First New York Subway [Excerpt] 2014-02-21T16:00:00Z For many of them, the switch to a new neutering strategy will be like “giving an airplane to people who are used to traveling by covered wagon,” Mr. Tosini said. Well: New Strides in Spaying and Neutering 2013-12-03T17:06:24Z They were married in 1918 and traveled in a horse-drawn covered wagon from track to track. The Jockey 2013-08-14T13:07:46Z The Colonel gives the four Beatles souvenirs of their meeting, little covered wagons that light up when you push a button. Meeting Elvis 2012-08-04T18:00:00Z But he thought if traffic backed up behind us he should explain to people why this covered wagon was running along the roads in 1958. How a 2,000-Mile Trail Helped Define The American Mindset 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z They brought down picks, shovels, covered wagons, bricks, lanterns and other tools. Scientific American’s Owner Built the First New York Subway [Excerpt] 2014-02-21T16:00:00Z In the event, teams of horses pull covered wagons with wood-spoke wheels around a track after making their way through a tight figure-eight. Calgary Stampede horse deaths anger animal rights activists 2012-07-13T19:32:55Z In the beginning, they were an itinerant couple, traveling in a covered wagon that had the look of a horse-drawn mobile home. The Jockey 2013-08-14T13:07:46Z But a lad of my age always thinks it is a great thing to go along with a covered wagon, especially if ‘pap’ is driving. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z An author retraces the Oregon Trail in a covered wagon and learns about mules and the importance of seeing America in slow-mo. How a 2,000-Mile Trail Helped Define The American Mindset 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z People were used to the sight of his covered wagon, and it was the last thing to suspect. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z See the endless processions of covered wagons drawn by horses, by oxen,—men and boys and girls on foot, mothers and babes inside. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The couple eventually set out toward Washington with their dearest possessions: 3 covered wagons, 6 children and 30 horses. The Jockey 2013-08-14T13:07:46Z Among the white people was a young woman who had charge of two horses attached to a light covered wagon. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z My father loved horses and carriages and one year he decided it would be a good thing for the family if we took a covered wagon trip between our farm in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. How a 2,000-Mile Trail Helped Define The American Mindset 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z "In a very nice covered wagon, and with a splendid team." Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Drive east and it is more like a covered wagon bouncing across a pockmarked prairie. In Los Angeles, Driving Is a Jarring Experience 2012-01-09T04:35:24Z After waiting for quite awhile, I took the sack and hid it under some clothing and bedding in the bottom of one of the covered wagons. A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer 2011-12-21T03:00:30.213Z When I arrived within a few miles of the river I noticed a covered wagon and what I supposed to be a camp, down the valley, about three miles out of my way. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z A slow-moving, covered wagon, travelling at about four miles an hour, turned out to be an almost ideal vehicle for a social observatory to understand and see the America of today. How a 2,000-Mile Trail Helped Define The American Mindset 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Such nations have commonly no fixed habitation, but live either in tents, or in a sort of covered wagons, which are easily transported from place to place. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Some distance to the west, Esther spied a covered wagon with horses tethered near. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z I took aunt and the children to a covered wagon, where we stayed until morning. A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer 2011-12-21T03:00:30.213Z When we reached the Kiowa country, where we were most likely to be attacked, Carson and his men all got inside the covered wagons and led their horses behind. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z An occasional horseman, driving loose stock, or a covered wagon or buckboard, could be distinguished through the dense pall of dust that hung with maddening persistence over the approaching caravan. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z There were three men and two horses and a covered wagon, as Martin's telephone message had catalogued them. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z A covered wagon greets visitors at the entrance. Arkansas natural sandstone bridge sells at auction 2011-07-22T23:56:55Z It was headed by a pair of ancient mules drawing a covered wagon, on the seat of which sat a scrawny, discouraged man with drooping lids, mustache and shoulders. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z In the early Spring of 1859, he started to Denver, after the fashion of that day, with an ox team and covered wagon. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z For they intend to travel through the island in a huge covered wagon, drawn by oxen, which will be to them at once vehicle and hotel. Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z Miss Baldwin, sitting in the car, saw her ally dive into the covered wagon and come out with a pair of Winchesters. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z There were six big covered wagons, all brightly painted. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z Another time, as a caravan drove through the town, I noticed a girl lying at the back of one of the flimsy, covered wagons, so ill she seemed to be unconscious. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z In this covered wagon, drawn by the slow-moving oxen, was a Pandora box containing two blessings, a little printing press which could not fly away—and hope. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z A covered wagon, drawn by a tired, steaming horse was approaching. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z The next morning the two got seats in one of the huge covered wagons engaged in the trade between Philadelphia and the interior. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z When war comes, my massa goes and gets kilt and my missus got 'gusted with the orchard and packs up in two covered wagons and heads crossland to Texas. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z Allen Price was born in a covered wagon in Fannin Co., Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z In the Spring of 1860 he started to California Gulch, which name gave way later to Leadville; he drove an ox team to a covered wagon that was six weeks in the going. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z De baggage and slaves and other things dey hauled in a covered wagon and de white folks rode in a rockaway. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z She asked me whom I was looking for, and when I told her she said that about an hour before two men, strangers to her, had driven up in a covered wagon. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z It am in a covered wagon on de way from Alabama to Texas, two years 'fore freedom. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z Like them or not, guns are as American as covered wagons and the infield-fly rule. Tucson Tragedy: Is Gun Control a Dead Issue? 2011-01-17T16:40:00Z They conducted him to the street, where he saw a covered wagon in waiting. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z From dese ports you went by land with a covered wagon and oxen or mules. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z My grandmother ordered her covered wagon before we left her, intending to be present at an interview which everybody felt must be most interesting. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z His master was killed in the Civil War and he then came to Texas in a covered wagon. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z He preached the first sermon while they were still camped in their covered wagons at a point near the present intersection of Second street and Burlington avenue, the first Sunday after their arrival. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z She followed the kidnapper clumsily enough, and he would have gotten well away in the covered wagon with the girl, had it remained to Gee Gee to intervene. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z And men on horseback, on foot, in buckboards and covered wagons careened across the border to stake their claims. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z The Afrikaners chained their covered wagons together, placing barbed shrubs beneath them. Pretoria Journal: Holiday of White Conquest Persists in South Africa 2009-12-17T11:14:00Z Their move to New Mexico “was similar to the covered wagon days,” she said. At Frontier Diner, Not Much Is Left but Memories 2010-10-01T16:37:00Z In March, 1868, I left Fairbury, Illinois, with my two brothers and a boy friend in a covered wagon drawn by two mules. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z There were three large, covered wagons such is Gypsies usually drive. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z The white tops of two covered wagons glowed in the descending sun. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z Nearly every day the streets would be full of covered wagons bound for Pike's Peak. Autobiography of Z. S. Hastings There was nothing for it but to push the machine to the side of the road, and wait patiently for the travelers in the covered wagon. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway We had two covered wagons and one provision wagon. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The grandmother was out of doors, arranging a bed in the covered wagon. On the Heights A Novel One market farmer's trip was described in this way: He planted all sorts of garden produce and he had what you'd call a market wagon; it was a covered wagon.... Frying Pan Farm The two covered wagons were poked up close against each other. First Fam'lies of the Sierras We stopped to pass the time of day, and he told us that he came to Nebraska from Illinois in '79 in a covered wagon. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway The evening before we had made out several covered wagons coming over the hills from Decatur, but we were not aware that they had already arrived at Josiah's. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z I'll drive on with the household goods, and, if it suits you, you can follow in the covered wagon. On the Heights A Novel "He travelled with 2 horses hitched to a covered wagon," wrote one farmer. Frying Pan Farm The two covered wagons parted and passed on. First Fam'lies of the Sierras Many a covered wagon which saw the plains of the Middle West had its birth in Stephensburg. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia The train was made up of emigrant covered wagons drawn by oxen, and hand carts drawn by cows, men and women, and dogs. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z Emerging from the forest, they gained the highway, and here it was that they had met the covered wagon. On the Heights A Novel But when we are reminded of the actual moral dangers to which children are sometimes subjected in the privacy of the covered wagon, we cannot dismiss the objection lightly. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity There was much sickness among the soldiers: Washington was seized with a fever, and obliged to travel in a covered wagon. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia The stores in the town were good ones, and often covered wagons came in drawn by splendid horses. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia They came from Ohio in covered wagons, driving their cows along. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z And she was glad to see a yoke of oxen lumbering along, a great covered wagon behind them. Maid Sally About a quarter of a mile to the left of me I espied a covered wagon moving toward the front. Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer A Drummer Boy from Maine On the last night of November a gypsy-like covered wagon stopped at the farther end of the river bridge at Three-Sisters. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 You can imagine the joy with which the covered wagons would be sighted days later! Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia All things have surely changed, and now we ride in autos instead of covered wagons. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The next step, of course, was to find the expressman with the gray horse and covered wagon, who had taken the woman's trunk, and this was no easy matter to do. The Spiritualists and the Detectives We went back to the covered wagons that were waiting for us. Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer A Drummer Boy from Maine They would build a fire beside the road, and cook their supper, picket their horses, and go to sleep in their covered wagons. In and Out of Rebel Prisons It was late June when our covered wagon and tired ox-team stopped on the east bluff above the Neosho just outside of Springvale. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Himself, wife and little daughter lived in the covered wagon he was driving. In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852 The emigrants from older States were many of them farmers of small means, who came through in covered wagons with their families and household stuff. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. He was a Virginian, he declared; and, to prove the statement, he referred all the festively inclined young men of Hillsborough to a barrel of peach-brandy in one of his covered wagons. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches “Yes, sir, a covered wagon, with the sign, ‘Eureka Auction Co.,’ painted on the sides. Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone She was stiff from long sitting in the big covered wagon, and she stretched her pudgy little legs to get the cramp out of them, as she took in the scene. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas I 'members de day we'uns started in three covered wagons, all loaded. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 Just as he did so they were thrilled to hear a flickering whinny, a very sociable whinny in fact, coming from the rear of the covered wagon. Jack Winters' Campmates Men and women are walking beside the oxen or the teams and are riding in the covered wagons. In the Heart of a Fool I’ve figured it that we might start with a single horse and an ordinary covered wagon on two hundred and seventy dollars, and still keep twenty dollars in cash for emergencies.” Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone My quarters was one them covered wagons, till he trades me off. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 Tears of joy rained down the boy’s face as a covered wagon drawn by four mules came into view, though he sturdily brushed them aside as the wagon drove up and halted. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains Then all their stock was gone over, some of it placed securely away in the covered wagon until needed, and the rest kept handy for immediate use. Jack Winters' Campmates Above the dirt and squalor the street cries still rang out from covered wagons which crawled ceaslessly back and forth from the country to the Old Market. The Romance of a Plain Man For days before it comes the streets are full of covered wagons, and men and boys, loaded down with bundles, crowd against each other on every doorstep. Phemie Frost's Experiences I walks into he yard and dere am a covered wagon standin' and loaded with lots of stuff and de front end open. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 The supper being finished, the two leading cattlemen sat down under the shelter 226 of the covered wagon and smoked their pipes. The Great Cattle Trail And as the wagon drew into the circle of light, that was the picture Doña Jocasta saw from the shadows of the covered wagon:––young love, radiant and unashamed! The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine My canvas covered wagon, with a single span of horses, contained all my worldly goods, and my companions were my wife and little girl Nellie, only three years old. A Waif of the Mountains The journeymen printers of the Journal office planned to go in a covered wagon, and they offered to make a place for the "devil" if his parents would let him go along. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail The camp consisted of a dozen covered wagons, each containing a bed, a stove, and cooking utensils. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties For a few wet nights I crawled into one of the covered wagons to sleep, where some provisions had been taken out, and right on top of twelve kegs of powder. A Gold Hunter's Experience They were covered wagons, with seats on each side, and made with heavy, stiff springs, so as to stand the rough roads, which were frequently cut through the fields. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 "Indeed I will," responded Lucy and with alacrity she climbed into the covered wagon. Valley of Wild Horses They actually went in a covered wagon to Ohio for it and hauled it home, all silver, in a box. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail Rita, going first, climbed over the front wheel of the ugliest old woman's covered wagon, and entered the temple of its high priestess. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties They made a long line of covered wagons and filed away to the east beside the railroad track. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full Jack can take the big covered wagon and go for the company, rain or not, while Don and you and I plan the fun. Donald and Dorothy One by one pioneers came in their covered wagons to this promising range and took up homesteads of one hundred and sixty acres each. Valley of Wild Horses About the first week of October, in 1851, a covered wagon drew up in front of Thomas Sumner's house, then but four miles out from Indianapolis on the National Road. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail Your travelling has been mainly in a covered wagon. A Son of the Middle Border Some of the buildings had canvas roofs, and there were a good many tents and covered wagons in which people lived. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full In the meantime the hotel man and the constable got down from the seat of the covered wagon. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall He had been feverish for several days, and for that reason had ridden in a covered wagon. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services The courtyard before the papal palace was crowded with covered wagons and open carts, horses and donkeys, men carrying crates and bales. The Saracen: The Holy War A man driving a covered wagon brought him. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail Beneath the shelter of the covered wagon in which he started from his village home in Massachusetts to found Marietta, the imperial State of Ohio was wrapped up. The Relations of the Federal Government to Slavery Delivered at Fort Wayne, Ind., October 30th 1860 “Here he comes!” cried Phil, as a covered wagon came along the road, driven by the keeper of the Oakdale jail. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall They were agreeably disappointed about this; for, when morning dawned, their eyes were gratified by the sight of two large covered wagons outspanned upon the plain, with several oxen and horses grazing near them. The Giraffe Hunters He was to procure a horse and covered wagon, and take Kate and myself at the cottage; for, now that Tom and my uncle were away, it seemed to be the safest place to land. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy His final clew was that Bartlett had last been seen driving away from town in a covered wagon. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail Just before the stage—a covered wagon drawn by two Indian ponies—reached the Jacobs House a young man crossed the street and entered the door. Winning the Wilderness Not a half a mile from its base was a large corral of white covered wagons. Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events For several days, Washington had been suffering much from fever, attended with a racking headache, which had obliged him to travel in a covered wagon. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief She was in a great bustle, getting her covered wagon under way, and stocked with eggs, butter, cheese, and green vegetables for her weekly trip to the nearest market-town. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 It consists of a number of large covered wagons, not unlike those used for the conveyance of wild beasts. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests We purchased four wild horses and on the first day of October started for Cola with covered wagons. Black Beaver The Trapper And can’t you see the long lines of the white-topped covered wagons going west—a lifetime later than Lewis and Clark, when still there was no bridge here at all? The Young Alaskans on the Missouri Mercy was still sleeping when a covered wagon, such as carriers use, came trundling along the road. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Jack Williamson was born in 1908 in the Arizona territory when covered wagons were the primary form of transportation and apaches still raided the settlers. The Cosmic Express A covered wagon reined suddenly alongside and kind and sympathetic voices hailed her: “Do let us drive you home, Mrs. Garrison; you must have been terribly shaken.” Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters She was saying about how in the old days, before there even was an Angelisco—when her Grandma came out here in a covered wagon. This Crowded Earth The prisoners traveled in covered wagons, that jolted and bumped endlessly over the rough roads, and at night they were thrown into roadside jails, filthy beyond description. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. The lad later became a stowaway in a covered wagon in which the young teacher and her parents rode west. Blue Ridge Country Occasionally he meets a huge covered wagon, driver and horses sound asleep. Jack 1877 We rode in the covered wagon where they hauled the provisions. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 They were on their way to Ohio, travelling in their own carriage, and having also along with them a huge covered wagon, drawn by four fine horses, and packed full of furniture. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood And fragments of history, such as covered wagons. The Planet Strappers They came to the "Holland Purchase" from the Eastern States, with their families, in a covered wagon, drawn by a yoke of oxen, and the favorite cow patiently leading behind. Woodcraft The farmers of the Catawba country took their cotton to market in immense covered wagons, often needing a week to make the journey, and camping out every night. Historic Boyhoods Old Miss Nancy Marshall and the boys and their wives, three of em was married, and slaves set out in three covered wagons and come to Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1867. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Mr. Bray had gone to Ohio along with the big covered wagon. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood A generation before people had migrated in little groups in covered wagons to find new land. Land of the Burnt Thigh The school was a good mile away, but on very stormy days they were taken in the covered wagon. A Little Girl in Old New York If it was done by Mechanicsburg fellows," he remarked, "I reckon they'd have come out here then, and gone along the road to borrow Toby's white horse with the covered wagon. Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School An inn close at hand furnished us the only covered wagon we chanced to see during our ten weeks' sojourn among the Adirondacs. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy These consisted of a covered wagon, already occupied by four teamsters, and a blanket which had evidently been in close proximity to the hide of a horse. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War With Ida Mary safe in the covered wagon, we started back at once to McClure. Land of the Burnt Thigh As early as four o'clock the next morning everything was in readiness for making the trip to Wheelock in a covered wagon. The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy "You thought that old covered wagon of Toby's, and his limping white horse, would be a smart dodge; but we found you out," Corney threw at the boy at bay. Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School She watched idly as a covered wagon accompanied by two men on horseback stopped on the vacant lot opposite the hotel which was much used as a camping-ground by freighters and campers. The Lady Doc But the determined freemen and their families undeterred by this drawback went forth in covered wagon trains. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 The trek of early settlers in covered wagons, the swift and colorful growth of the cattle kingdom, the land rush at Cimarron are a part of our familiar history. Land of the Burnt Thigh In traveling with covered wagons one always has protection from storms, but with pack trains it becomes necessary to improvise the best substitutes for tents. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions The white covered wagon went rattling out of town, and Wakefield, somewhat to his surprise, found himself striding after it. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Several miles were covered, and they were on the point of giving up the chase when they encountered a settler with his prairie schooner, or big covered wagon, on his way to Guadalupe. For the Liberty of Texas We had with us two covered wagons—known as prairie schooners. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History It was pretty to see the horses go over, and the blessed guns that we know and love, every iron man of them, and all the white covered wagons. The Long Roll Hoping to gain the protection of the outlaws, and fearing the wagon train's vengeance, he slipped out of the circle of covered wagons and, on foot, began running. Kid Wolf of Texas The settler was generally poor, bringing all his earthly possessions, with wife and children, in a covered wagon, slowly traversing difficult roads to the new and only land, then open to settlement. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Of course on this occasion the soldiers camped over the field in covered wagons. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Two hundred and fifty miles we went in our covered wagon, through the cold and snow of November. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History He had a covered wagon and a small tent, and a team of hobbled horses was feeding near. The Eagle's Heart Kid Wolf himself took a position between two of the covered wagons, his horse Blizzard within quick call. Kid Wolf of Texas I have found them at night in caves, barns, and once in a covered wagon. The Bird Study Book Our grandparents married in the days of covered wagons and sodhouses and drought; a dash of their spirit is a good ingredient in a modern marriage. The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book We went in a covered wagon with oxen and camped out all along the way. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Below them, in the midst of a wide, grassy river flat, stood several tents and a covered wagon. The Eagle's Heart Many came in covered wagons in which they slept at night. The Kentucky Ranger Naturally, any train that stopped at my rattle burg would also stop at every other point along the road where some pioneer had stopped to toss a beer bottle off of his covered wagon. Highways in Hiding Along with these men were needed covered wagons, with which they carried tools, etc., and in which at night they slept. Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 Most of the time you could see covered wagons pulled by mules and horses, and sometimes a crawling string of wagons with oxen on the pulling end. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives There was a dramatic little scene and then Miss Pennington, "registering" weeping, went inside the "prairie schooner," as the big covered wagon was called. The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys Loomis, usually gay and chatty, was oddly silent, as the light, covered wagon sped swiftly homeward. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. To these succeeded a small covered wagon drawn by mules, and surrounded by guards, from which was led forth, his legs relieved from their manacles, but his hands still in heavy chains, David Alroy! Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Then he retired, and came back in another hour with a covered wagon, into which the sick were hoisted and packed like herrings. The Blue Pavilions We had covered wagons, and let me tell you I walked nearly all the way from Louisiana to Oklahoma. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Their "outfit" consisted of a covered wagon with four draught and three saddle horses. To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days In barns, sometimes, and there's lots of covered wagons all around the farm-houses, outside the towns, you know. While Caroline Was Growing "I see an old fellow over there at that covered wagon that was bantering me for a hoss-trade the other day," he courageously threw into the gap. Dixie Hart In one place were several covered wagons and the traveling kitchen. Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's It was a white horse and a covered wagon. Young Lucretia and Other Stories People came in from the country round with their covered wagons, simply for the pleasure of attending Court and seeing the champions contend with each other. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 The train consisted of fifteen immensely long covered wagons of the stoutest build. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World They sent a covered wagon for us, and a 'boy,' that indispensable article in the country, to drive us. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy I counted ten, convinced they were covered wagons, and then the night wind brought to us the creaking of wheels, and the sound of a man's voice. My Lady of Doubt Then she screamed, for Hannah Maria was peeking out of the rear of the covered wagon. Young Lucretia and Other Stories They made the journey in covered wagons called “prairie-schooners,” while their goods followed in peddlers’ carts. Stories of Later American History The day before the action of the Monongahela he rejoined the general in a covered wagon; and, though weak, entered on the duties of his station. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Comfort lay there and sobbed, and heard her Uncle Ebenezer's covered wagon roll out of the yard, and sobbed again. Comfort Pease and her Gold Ring When they were all gone, and the last covered wagon had rolled out of the yard, Ann allowed Paulina Maria to divest her of her bonnet and gloves and bring her a cup of tea. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel In about two hours he returned, at the edge of the evening, with a covered wagon, and took my mother and brother and sister and left me. The Story of Mattie J. Jackson Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery And now Miss Harvey had the field to herself, for the younger sister drew back into the dark depths of the covered wagon and spoke no more. Foes in Ambush On the third day after the army had moved from its ground, Colonel Washington was seized with a violent fever, which disabled him from riding on horseback, and was conveyed in a covered wagon. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Suddenly the covered wagon came in sight; the white horse trotted at a good pace. Jane Field A Novel Elmira sat in the rear gloom of the covered wagon with Sarah, holding her silk gown spread carefully over her knees. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Before them appeared the dim outline of a canvas covered wagon silhouetted against the sky, to which was hitched a team of horses. The Strange Case of Cavendish One with a large body and high sides, or a covered wagon, will answer. How to Camp Out The Greek καμαρα signified an arch, a vaulted room, or a covered wagon. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art The covered wagon rolled along the country road toward the railroad station. Jane Field A Novel All the way from her distant village, in the rear gloom of the covered wagon, she had been composing it. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel The visiting cousin's mild, interrogative face peered out around the black panel of the covered wagon at Barney's poor house; her spectacles glittered at it in the sun. Pembroke A Novel When he wishes more land for his growing sons, he "sells out," fits up his commodious covered wagon, called "the prairie schooner," and with implements, supplies, cattle and horses, starts on the Western "trail." The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba As he put his foot in the stirrups, an old farmer, who had just driven his large covered wagon to the door, called to him. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is It seemed to be a popular stopping-place, and there were half a dozen other covered wagons in camp there. The Voyage of the Rattletrap The next morning, a light covered wagon, driven by Mr. Sherrett's man, Rodgers, came up the Turn. The Other Girls The village hearse and the line of black covered wagons waited in front of the Thayer house over an hour. Pembroke A Novel Carriage and covered wagon then fell into the procession, which began to move on. For Woman's Love It looked so picturesque with the tents and the white covered wagons, and that old crone bending over the camp-fire. The Little Colonel's House Party Most of 'em that are going West in a covered wagon seem to think corn in the field is public property. The Voyage of the Rattletrap The leading span attached to the covered wagon in which Ruth and her two chums, Helen Cameron and Jennie Stone, rode had now communicated their own fright to the four other animals. Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies There was the huge covered wagon that she had taken for a snow-bank, there was a small tent, there were two light wagons, there were dogs innumerable, but there was no sign of a house. Judith of the Plains He then said that I was in a very pro-slavery neighborhood, and if I would wait until he went home, he would get a covered wagon for me. The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave Ruthven had supposed that the main road passed the house; he got out of the covered wagon, looked across at the low hill, and dug his gloved hands deeper into his fur-lined pockets. The Younger Set Posey's outfit consisted of a pair of powerful mules and a covered wagon, with the usual mining and cooking utensils, and the provisions necessary for the journey. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 In the band of Indians riding for the string of covered wagons Wonota had been numbered. Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies The household goods were loaded, the oxen yoked, the family got into the covered wagon, and Lincoln took his place by the oxen to drive. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him Presently there came slowly along it a covered wagon drawn by a pair of sorry horses and piled at the back with household possessions. Lady Merton, Colonist It was a huge covered wagon—or, more properly, a small house on wheels—with a door on one side and a window shaded by green blinds on the other. Twice Told Tales All I remember is that they boxed us all up in covered wagons and carried us to Texas and kept us there till freedom came. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 Even then the great trains of the covered wagons, driven by men who never heard of Destiny, achieved their places on the unwritten scroll of Time. The Covered Wagon I remembers that when we left the plantation and come to Washington County, Ohio that we traveled in a covered wagon that had big white horse hitched to it. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives Many went long distances to that meeting, the brethren and sisters from Emporia going in a covered wagon, and camping out on the road. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler I saw some covered wagons going into camp down on Deer Creek about five miles from here. Chief of Scouts One day as we were nearing Buffalo Gap, a number of big bulls, attracted by the covered wagon, approached the commissary, the canvas sheet of which shone like a white flag. Reed Anthony, Cowman They rode side by side, past more than a mile of the covered wagons, now almost end to end, the columns continually closing up. The Covered Wagon "You'll find Lieutenant Dalton of the staff in the covered wagon over there," said the orderly who had taken his horse. The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand Aunt Maria called to him from her seat in one of the covered wagons. Overland We waited two hours, then Mrs. Jimmie saw a black covered wagon approaching and she gathered up her skirts and hailed it. Abroad with the Jimmies It was not more than a week after this donation picnic, when I came home for my nooning one day, and found a covered wagon in the yard, and two strange horses in the stable. Vandemark's Folly The canvas of the covered wagons made ill defense. The Covered Wagon Trove and Tilly went away to the brook for water while the travellers went to bed in their big, covered wagon. Darrel of the Blessed Isles We started the journey in two covered wagons and an ambulance. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives The carriage was something like a covered wagon, but not so wide, and was drawn by two horses. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 550, June 2, 1832 There's a lady here that wants to ride in a covered wagon, and sit back where she can't see the water. Vandemark's Folly A Mr. Coleman whose brother-in-law lived in Pennsylvania, used a large covered wagon to transport merchandise from Baltimore to different villages along the turnpike to Hanover, Pa., where he lived. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Maryland Narratives She was stole when a child and brought to Tennessee in a covered wagon. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 On her mattress, she had been tenderly installed in one of the two covered wagons that carried their household goods. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West They moved from Hayburn, Georgia in a covered wagon drawn by oxen. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 "Nobody," I would say; or, "A covered wagon going the wrong way," or whatever I saw. Vandemark's Folly In the West, where railroads were few, the people came in covered wagons with provisions, and camped on the ground days before the meeting. A School History of the United States After supper, the ingredients of which came largely from my naachtmaal, we sat smoking and talking round the fire, the women and children being snug in the covered wagons. Prester John Directly below him, half-way between the ranges of hills, was a circle of covered wagons wheel to wheel. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West It was a big covered wagon, full of bundles of forage, and drawn by four mules. Greenmantle Half a mile from town, in a hollow between hazelnut bushes and a brook, she discovered a gipsy encampment: a covered wagon, a tent, a bunch of pegged-out horses. Main Street When he was through with the book, Henry hesitated to make a 400 mile round trip in a covered wagon just to return a borrowed book. The Life of Me; an autobiography They had a light covered wagon with hardly anything in it but a small supply of flour and bacon. Tracks of a Rolling Stone He had retraced more than half the distance to Clinton when he overtook a covered wagon. The House Behind the Cedars I handed over, came up to the horse lines, and slept in a covered wagon in a courtyard. In Flanders Fields and Other Poems A tousled person came from behind the covered wagon. Main Street For instance there was the story about the family in the covered wagon who camped one night and tied their horses to a bush. The Life of Me; an autobiography Outside this second class of tents were covered wagons, ox carts, and vehicles of every shape and size. My Bondage and My Freedom Some of the early settlers built boweries of brush under which they rolled their covered wagons, to secure better protection from the pitiless Arizona summer sun, and with no other home for weeks. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert As we approached it, it proved to be a rusty old sleigh fastened behind a covered wagon, proceeding at a very slow rate, and taking up the whole road. Stories Worth Rereading We have heard it said that it was the impossibility of two umbrellas of this nature passing each other on a narrow road which led to the invention of covered wagons. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 02, April 9, 1870 So, the story is told that when they were driving their covered wagon to Fisher County, they stopped and asked a man, "How far is it to Fisher County?" The Life of Me; an autobiography The camp equipage and provisions were transported in twelve carts, drawn each by two mules; and a light covered wagon, mounted on good springs, had been provided for the safer carriage of instruments. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources It was a huge covered wagon, or, more properly, a small house on wheels, with a door on one side and a window shaded by green blinds on the other. The Seven Vagabonds (From "Twice Told Tales") It has been said that the first public conveyance between Boston and Groton was a covered wagon, hung on chains for thoroughbraces: perhaps it was the "Charlestown Carriage," mentioned in the advertisement. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Now and then, he leaned from his horse and looked at Warner who lay in one of the covered wagons. The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis He moved Huldah thirteen times in two years, and at last he took her into a cart, a sort of covered wagon, and traveled right through the western states with her. Samantha on the Woman Question He was sent home in a covered wagon. American Prisoners of the Revolution In the center of the circle were the ashes of a campfire, and not far away was a cookstove standing near a covered wagon. Little Bear at Work and at Play He moved Patty thirteen times in two years; and at last he took her into a cart,—a sort of a covered wagon,—and travelled right through the Eastern States with her. Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician The railroads had not been built in that section of the country and travel was done by horse teams and in covered wagons. The Little Immigrant He said, "You go to that covered wagon over there and you'll find a place." Personal Experiences of S. O. Susag And now there is the huge covered wagon, coming home with sacks of grain. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room When the advance was made, there were forty such covered wagons, each drawn by a pair of horses or mules, and each containing such furniture as the family possessed. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young Thus spake the occupants of a long, covered wagon, moving westward, drawn by four stout oxen, with as many horses and cows following in the rear. Natalie A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds What do you think we left our folks for—left the world of white folks—schools and stores and doctors, and set out in a covered wagon for we didn't know what? Plays Up the square a few paces I saw a covered wagon with a dense crowd around it. Great Possessions Half an hour or so later the covered wagon drove along Fourteenth street. A Man and His Money The trees were immediately felled, and in a short time Fernando, looking out from the covered wagon, perceived a clear space of ground of but few rods in circumference. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established The long covered wagon stopped at the door of their new home just as the sun was going down. Natalie A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds The mural decorations in the corridor caught his eye—the covered wagon, drawn by oxen plodding patiently into the sunset—the incoming settlers of the pioneer days. Purple Springs They sold out the contents of their house, and, purchasing oxen and a covered wagon, they made the long overland journey. The Black Creek Stopping-House A covered wagon had at that moment stopped before the door. A Man and His Money A covered wagon appeared on the first crossroad, moving steadily between rows of elder bushes. Old Caravan Days A bed of prairie grass suffices for the man, while the women and children rest in the covered wagon. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" Looking up, he saw that it was a covered wagon with four wheels, such as is often to be met in New England towns. Facing the World Banbury had threatened revenge, and the day before Frank had returned from his trip in the covered wagon one of Farmer Wadsworth's haystacks had burned to the ground. The Boys of Bellwood School After a while a bunch of Huns came in, took me downstairs, and pitched me into a covered wagon. Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs It was a covered wagon and he selected it because he noticed that the night, even if it was the first of June, was growing chill. The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign "There's a big covered wagon coming up the drive; it's at the steps." Miss Gibbie Gault While working our claim I awoke one morning and saw a covered wagon with two oxen which had been unyoked and were grazing on the grass near a spring in a ravine below me. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information Frank smiled to himself as, the bag again over his face, he was taken back to the covered wagon. The Boys of Bellwood School She then called one whom she could trust, and bade him take up the bundle and carry it down to a large covered wagon that stood at the door. Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal From an eminence near the western portion of the camp covered wagons were seen approaching, with the captain at their head. The Great Salt Lake Trail Family after family loaded their few household goods into the big covered wagons, and, deserting their homes, set out to seek relief in more fortunate or more wealthy portions of the country. The Shepherd of the Hills They gathered round on the hill, nearly surrounding the covered wagon and its contents. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information When I put it on I sort of reminded myself of a covered wagon. Europe Revised At the gate stood a long covered wagon, in form like a butchers cart, drawn by two horses, and beside it a long box with several men standing around it. Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal In the dawn he saw a covered wagon by the side of which rode an officer, much neater in appearance than the others. The Star of Gettysburg A Story of Southern High Tide He stood deferentially aside while she ascended the three steps that led into the covered wagon. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day They now brought as an offering to Moses six covered wagons, fully equipped, and even painted blue, the color of the sky, and also twelve oxen to draw the wagons. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 Miguel," she said, with a mistress's quiet authority in her boyish contralto voice, "put Glory in the covered wagon, and drive down the road as far as the valley turning. A Sappho of Green Springs He offered her a hand and pulled her up to the high step into the front of the covered wagon. Janice Day the Young Homemaker Rain may let up a little mite by that time, and anyhow, I'll have the covered wagon. Shavings "Visitors, Transley," he was able to say before the rider pulled up at the open door of the covered wagon. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day A covered wagon or a tent is a poor protection from wintry blasts, and a camp fire in the open air, even with a bright sky overhead, is a poor substitute for a stove. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 Over the rise of a dune, a hundred yards off, where the road to Eastboro village dipped towards a swampy hollow, appeared a horse's head and the top of a covered wagon. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights What could be finer than the noble scorn conveyed in his critical survey of the train, with its comfortable covered wagons and appliances of civilization? A Waif of the Plains They promised to act, and in the evening they brought her to him in a covered wagon, together with a bill for expenses. Three Men on the Bummel If yonder stood a white object, between him and the mountain, a curious white something with wheels, might it not be a covered wagon? Lahoma Naab returned to the fire, his shadow looming in gigantic proportions on the white canopy of a covered wagon. Heritage of the Desert There were more horses about the place, a covered wagon or two, three or four men working upon the corral, and, lastly, there was one whom Weary recognized the moment he caught sight of him. The Flying U Ranch It was a kind of covered wagon, painted black, and was one of the first to arrive. The Count of Monte Cristo Three had thus stopped and again proceeded, and an impatient grumble broke from the old lady as a fourth, a covered wagon, drew up before the door. Rupert of Hentzau It came over him with disconcerting suddenness that he had lost a great deal of time, and that every moment spent in the covered wagon was fraught with imminent danger. Lahoma A slender girl slipped from one of the covered wagons; she was dark, supple, straight as an Indian. Heritage of the Desert Repairing to the back of one of the covered wagons, he scrambled in; for a moment I could see nothing of him but his boots. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life When Willock started up from the mattress in the covered wagon, the sun had set. Lahoma |
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