Altdorf
Altdorf , town (1990 pop. 8,150), capital of Uri canton, central Switzerland. Cables, rubber goods, and ammunition are manufactured. Altdorf was the scene of the legendary exploits of William Tell , commemorated by a monument (1895) and by the William Tell theater (1925).
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Conestoga Wagon returns home to Naper Settlement
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 4/4/2001; 665 words
; ...Settlement education manager. The wagon will offer visitors of all...hands-on experience of the wagon," Bucksath said. "Conestoga wagons were very important in settling...local transportation." The wagon is on display near Naper Settlement...
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History on the wagon; Conestogas were tractor trailers of their time.
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 1/9/2005; ; 676 words
; ...there were Conestoga wagons. Before genetically...canvas-tipped wagon at the Landis...wagon. Most Conestogas weighed about...the legendary Conestoga wagon with the...on a Conestoga wagon," Essig noted. The wagons began popping...
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Conestoga wagon joins Transportation series
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/21/1988; ; 437 words
; The Conestoga wagon, the graceful, high-wheeled vehicle that hauled America...Transportation series. The 3-cent stamp will be issued Feb. 29 in Conestoga, Pa. The stamp has "Conestoga Wagon 1800s" at the top and will be printed in maroon...
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DINING ON A DIME; Conestoga Wagon Restaurant; Business as casual; Home-style dining is the key to this Conestoga mainstay
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 10/13/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Lancaster County legends, the Conestoga Wagon Restaurant beckons anyone looking...since 1978. Rankin describes the Conestoga Wagon's menu as "country cooking...full of current regulars, the Conestoga Wagon Restaurant attracts newcomers...
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Conestoga wagon hauls bid to $9,400
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 1/2/2005; 700+ words
; ...Center held a public sale of a Conestoga wagon, farm primitives, milk bottles...that sold included a Millersville Conestoga wagon, $9,400; an 1836 wagon...475; a Riverview Dairy bottle, Conestoga, $375; a Jacob H. Rohrer...
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Conestoga wagon discussion slated
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 12/7/2006; 251 words
; Conestoga wagon myths and facts will be discussed when Millersville Area Historical...Borough Office, 10 Colonial Ave. Ken Hoak, president and curator of Conestoga Area Historical Society, will lead the free public talk. For more...
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Conestoga Wagon waitresses collect for Cortney Fry family
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 1/30/2005; 303 words
; On Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. waitresses at the Conestoga Wagon Restaurant, 2961 Main St., Conestoga, will collect tips to help the family of 19-year-old murder victim Cortney Fry. Three waitresses...
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The mighty Conestoga.
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...The wagon beds of the Conestoga sloped up at both ends...especially when the wagon climbed steep slopes...boatlike contour of the wagon and sagged in the middle...modern pickup truck, the Conestoga had an end panel that...lowered. Unlike most wagons that used chains to...blocks ...
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Ideas discussed for Conestoga's 200th birthday
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 11/26/2002; ; 505 words
; Lumbering Conestoga wagons, marching bands and possibly a fly...planes sparked the imagination of Conestoga residents at the Nov. 19 meeting...selected to be celebration chairman. A Conestoga native, Walton co-authored a 1980...
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MU students have blast helping Conestoga 5th-graders study space
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 5/2/2007; ; 647 words
; ...volunteered as fifth-grade teachers at Conestoga Elementary for the past 25 years...worked together to make sailboats, Conestoga wagons, wind chimes, windmills, trains...screen- printed with the word "Conestoga." "With the emphasis of NASA...
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Conestoga wagon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Conestoga wagon , heavy freight...transportation of goods by wagon train developed into...employing thousands of wagons before the railroads...The larger Conestoga wagons, usually drawn by...The bottom of the wagon box was curved, rising...
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Conestoga Wagon
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
CONESTOGA WAGON CONESTOGA WAGON is one of the most distinctively...Revolution. The Conestoga wagon was huge and heavily built...higher at either end of the wagon than in the middle. Its...wheelhorses. Sometimes the wagons moved in solitary grandeur...
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Covered Wagon
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...derived from the Conestoga wagons built in Lancaster...century, the covered wagon used by emigrants...often draw their wagons into a circle to...raids. Covered wagons remain in museums, including the Conestoga wagon original at Pittsburgh...
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Welcome Wagon International Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...His inspiration for Welcome Wagon came from a chance comment...towns sometimes greeted passing wagon trains with gifts and supplies...They made their visits in Conestoga wagons, leading Briggs to call his fledgling operation Welcome Wagon. He never showed up at anyone...
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wagon train
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...traveled by the migrants' wagons and by the wagon trains of professional...in this trade was the Conestoga wagon , the most efficient...on the Great Plains, wagons could be used without...and there the covered wagon, or prairie schooner...
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