Summer 2009: Westward Ho!
A 70-Plus Mile Journey with the Fort Seward Wagon Train from Jamestown
By Matt Holliday,
As I walk beside the creaking and groaning wagon, I consider what I have left behind for the next seven days: a bed, a flush toilet and a refrigerator, and a shower - the simple comforts of home.
The pioneers traveled in the same vehicles that we're using: canvas-topped, flare-boxed, wooden-wheeled wagons. These utilitarian vehicles would later be used as freight wagons to bring in the harvest from the fields.
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