Covered Wagons

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04b00640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Oregon or Bust!!!!</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>    |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oregon or Bust!!!!"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="supplies_and_tools.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Supplies and Tools"><U>Supplies and Tools</U></A>   |   <A HREF="the_unknown.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Unknown"><U>The Unknown</U></A>   |   <B>Covered Wagons</B>   |   <A HREF="pioneer_journals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pioneer Journals"><U>Pioneer Journals</U></A>   |   <A HREF="just_for_fun.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Just for Fun"><U>Just for Fun</U></A>   |   <A HREF="credits.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Credits"><U>Credits</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="054b6830.png" border=0 width="182" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Covered Wagons</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 244 WIDTH="496"><div> The covered wagon was the major means of transportation that the pioneers used to get them to Oregon.  Browse to  find how the wagon was important to them.</div> <bR> <div> How much did the average wagon weigh?  Why was this important?</div> <div> What were the wagons made of?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sover.net/~barback/ot/wagons.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sover.net/~barback/ot/wagons."><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wagons on the Trail West</U></A></div> <bR> <div> How does the size of a wagon compare to your classroom?</div> <div> Why would the pioneers not use their wagons as shelters?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.americanwest.com/trails/pages/oretrail.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.americanwest.com/trails/pages"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">American West</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>