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29653	Berkebile, Donald H.	Conestoga Wagons in Braddock's Campaign, 1755			.txt	text/plain	5930	473	79	_More than 200 years have passed since the Pennsylvania farm wagon, the paid for the use of the wagons and horses which soon were to be pressed Conestoga wagons.[10] This term was apparently in general use at least strakes also indicates that these early wagons had no brakes such as [Illustration: Figure 6.--RESTORED FREIGHT-CARRYING CONESTOGA WAGON, [Illustration: Figure 7.--FARM-TYPE CONESTOGA WAGON, about 1850 in the had recommended that Braddock use more pack horses and fewer wagons.[37] the advance unit of the army marched with six horses to a wagon,[39] a The number of Pennsylvania wagons that arrived back at Wills Creek has farm-type Conestoga wagon of about 1850 shown in figure 7 is similar in [Footnote 13: Strakes are sections of wagon tire, equal in number to the [Footnote 22: One light wagon of about 1800 had smaller wheels, the of his wagons one day and returning with his few horses on the following	./cache/29653.txt	./txt/29653.txt