Wagon train
A wagon train is a convoy or group of wagons who travel together for safety. A baggage train is a military wagon train used to carry the equipment and supplies needed by an army.[1] They needed to carry enough supplies, including feed for the draft animals, for the entire journey.[2] Wagon trains are most closely associated with American pioneers traveling west. As the population of the Thirteen Colonies grew, people migrated westward looking for inexpensive lands and new opportunities.[3] The wagon had to carry all the supplies for the trip and all a family's personal belongings. While military use of wagon trains is ancient, the Romans built a network of roads for their armies and baggage trains to move throughout the empire.[4]
Wagon Train Media
Pioneers crossing the plains of Nebraska
1912 Pioneer Day re-enactment of a wagon train in Utah
- * Scope and content: Seger Colony, Okla. Terr., ca. 1900
References
- ↑ baggage train. English DictionaryCollins. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ↑ The Military Revolution; Logistics and TransportThe Air University, United States Air Force. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ↑ American Western Migration, Wagon Trains and Covered WagonsHistoryBits. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ↑ Roads in Ancient RomeRomeRoads. Retrieved 22 July 2016.