Pioneers and the Oregon Trail. The Westward Expansion that gave rise to some of the oldest roads in America. These may all come to mind when you think about covered wagons. For most Americans, our ...

The Lchashen wagon features a complex mortise-and-tenon construction with bronze fittings that join at least 70 components, while its canopy frame alone required hundreds of precisely mortised holes.

For the first time in its 60-year history, the Sooner Schooner, the University of Oklahoma's iconic covered wagon mascot, is being driven by a Native American woman. Brianna Howard, a junior at OU and ...

Starbucks fans might be a little disappointed that they couldn't get their hands on the viral "Bearista" cup, but some people online are taking matters into their own hands and DIYing it themselves.

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Within the annals of automotive journalism, there is a section that details the requirement for a certain degree of enthusiasm towards row-your-own station wagons. At least, that's how automakers have ...

Between 1840 and 1860, 300,000 to 400,000 Americans moved west on covered wagons for 2,100 miles across the Oregon and California trails. In those two decades they transformed our nation and endured ...

There is a stretch of Highway 2 through Nebraska that we travel regularly and every single time I do, I think something is wrong with a tire or bearing on my pickup because it is so rough. Yet I know ...

A camper van can be as simple or complex as you want. While I'm a big fan of feature-packed, all-out luxurious builds, I think there's beauty to be found in simple conversions. Today, I'm checking out ...

In the nineteenth century, pioneers piled their belongings into covered wagons and headed west. Some two hundred years later, the married couple behind Hitchman Homestead are packing their own covered ...

Morgan Weistling, an accomplished painter of cowboys and Old West frontier life, was vacationing with his family this month when he got a surprising message from a friend about one of his works of art ...

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