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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8470673" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Yes, I remember seeing that back in the day.</p><p></p><p>Having difficulty finding any decent photos online. The best picture I could find was this:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.edelweisspatterns.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Michael-Landon-and-Karen-Grassle-as-Charles-and-Caroline-in-Little-House-on-the-Prairie-Wagon-Shot.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Looks like a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covered_wagon" target="_blank">Covered Wagon</a>" to me - it has a cover after all! Some Prairie Schooners were purpose-built wagons, but many pioneers couldn't afford such a vehicle so had to make do by adapting a wagon they already had.</p><p></p><p>So the Little House's wagon could be meant to be a farmer's wagon that has been adapted to "go west" by having a cover added to it.</p><p></p><p>These could be smaller than the wagon in the TV series. Look at these people's conveyances:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2W23GNb3evY/UQWrwSj0o5I/AAAAAAAAADM/LnQXLfweFyo/s1600/american-pioneers.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Notice that the wagons don't have proper seats and are much smaller relative to the Little House wagon. Presumably these pioneers were on a tight budget.</p><p></p><p>The lead wagon in the wagon train below seems a bit bigger than the one in Little House on the Prairie, but some of the wagons further back in the train seem about Little House Wagon size:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://walkredcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WAGON-TRAIN-OF-EARLY-SETTLERS.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>While this wagon looks substantially larger than the one in the TV series:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/23/a5/7b/23a57b5473d2d5cfdd83f7736571fe04.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>*Incidentally, while the reenactors' wagon looks fine to my untrained eye if a bit bulky, I'm fairly confident the two <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydesdale_horse" target="_blank"><strong>Clydedales</strong></a></strong> pulling it are ahistorical. It'd have been a team of mules or oxen, most likely.</p><p></p><p>The cover on the wagon in The Little House on the Prairie was a little smallish compared to the giant spreads of some Prairie Schooner:</p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://imgc.allpostersimages.com/img/print/posters/illustration-of-wagon-train-of-american-settlers-moving-across-western-plains_a-G-10524352-4985790.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>But that's just a matter of the length of the cover's hoops. The height of the cover in the TV series seems to vary over time as they changed the hoop length:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]147471[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>In some episodes the cover was taken off:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20700000/Going-to-the-Scotts-disneys-little-house-on-the-prairie-20740986-400-267.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Look at this Prairie Schooner reconstruction. I see no appreciable difference to Little House's wagon:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dk-find-out/image/upload/q_80,w_1920,f_auto/MA_00493733_ki5a3c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>So, in conclusion. I think the Little House's wagon is supposed to be a Prairie Schooner style covered wagon, or at least "close enough for TV". It's certainly not a <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conestoga_wagon" target="_blank"><strong>Conestoga Wagon</strong></a></strong>, those are a lot longed and have sloped ends. Here's a <a href="https://oregontrailcenter.org/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-a-conestoga-wagon-and-a-prairie-schooner/" target="_blank"><strong>web article</strong></a> on the difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8470673, member: 57383"] Yes, I remember seeing that back in the day. Having difficulty finding any decent photos online. The best picture I could find was this: [CENTER][IMG]http://www.edelweisspatterns.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Michael-Landon-and-Karen-Grassle-as-Charles-and-Caroline-in-Little-House-on-the-Prairie-Wagon-Shot.png[/IMG][/CENTER] Looks like a "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covered_wagon']Covered Wagon[/URL]" to me - it has a cover after all! Some Prairie Schooners were purpose-built wagons, but many pioneers couldn't afford such a vehicle so had to make do by adapting a wagon they already had. So the Little House's wagon could be meant to be a farmer's wagon that has been adapted to "go west" by having a cover added to it. These could be smaller than the wagon in the TV series. Look at these people's conveyances: [CENTER][IMG]https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2W23GNb3evY/UQWrwSj0o5I/AAAAAAAAADM/LnQXLfweFyo/s1600/american-pioneers.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Notice that the wagons don't have proper seats and are much smaller relative to the Little House wagon. Presumably these pioneers were on a tight budget. The lead wagon in the wagon train below seems a bit bigger than the one in Little House on the Prairie, but some of the wagons further back in the train seem about Little House Wagon size: [CENTER][IMG]http://walkredcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WAGON-TRAIN-OF-EARLY-SETTLERS.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] While this wagon looks substantially larger than the one in the TV series: [CENTER][IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/23/a5/7b/23a57b5473d2d5cfdd83f7736571fe04.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] *Incidentally, while the reenactors' wagon looks fine to my untrained eye if a bit bulky, I'm fairly confident the two [B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydesdale_horse'][B]Clydedales[/B][/URL][/B] pulling it are ahistorical. It'd have been a team of mules or oxen, most likely. The cover on the wagon in The Little House on the Prairie was a little smallish compared to the giant spreads of some Prairie Schooner: [CENTER][IMG]https://imgc.allpostersimages.com/img/print/posters/illustration-of-wagon-train-of-american-settlers-moving-across-western-plains_a-G-10524352-4985790.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] But that's just a matter of the length of the cover's hoops. The height of the cover in the TV series seems to vary over time as they changed the hoop length: [CENTER][ATTACH type="full"]147471[/ATTACH][/CENTER] In some episodes the cover was taken off: [CENTER][IMG]http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20700000/Going-to-the-Scotts-disneys-little-house-on-the-prairie-20740986-400-267.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Look at this Prairie Schooner reconstruction. I see no appreciable difference to Little House's wagon: [CENTER][IMG]https://res.cloudinary.com/dk-find-out/image/upload/q_80,w_1920,f_auto/MA_00493733_ki5a3c.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] So, in conclusion. I think the Little House's wagon is supposed to be a Prairie Schooner style covered wagon, or at least "close enough for TV". It's certainly not a [B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conestoga_wagon'][B]Conestoga Wagon[/B][/URL][/B], those are a lot longed and have sloped ends. Here's a [URL='https://oregontrailcenter.org/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-a-conestoga-wagon-and-a-prairie-schooner/'][B]web article[/B][/URL] on the difference. [/QUOTE]
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