DCHP-3

Red River wagon

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a sturdy two-wheeled cart constructed entirely of wood, the parts being fixed by wooden pins and lashed with shaganappi (def. 1); the wheels were some five feet in diameter and about three inches broad at the rim; the axle carried a simple box equipped with a railing for carrying the load, about 1,000 pounds. As a rule, the carts travelled in trains or brigades and the ungreased wheels gave forth ear-piercing shrieks and squeals which could be heard for miles across the prairie. [See picture at Red River cart]

Quotations

1956
That's the Old Missouri Wagon Trail which was used between the States and Canada for traffic by buffalo hunters, trappers, cattle, and Red River wagon.