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The Conestoga wagon, also simply known as the Conestoga, is an obsolete transport vehicle that was used exclusively in North America, primarily the United States, mainly from the early 18th to mid-19th centuries. It is a heavy and large horse-drawn vehicle which, while largely elusive in origin, originated most likely from German immigrants of ...
The Susquehannock, also known as the Conestoga, Minquas, and Andaste, were an Iroquoian people who lived in the lower Susquehanna River watershed in what is now Pennsylvania. Their name means “people of the muddy river.”. The Susquehannock were first described by John Smith, who explored the upper reaches of Chesapeake Bay in 1608.
1172302 [3] Conestoga ( Pennsylvania German: Kanneschtooge) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,163. [4] The Conestoga post office serves ZIP code 17516.
Muddy Creek, Cocalico Creek, Lititz Run, Little Conestoga Creek. The Conestoga River ( Pennsylvania German: Kanneschtooge Rewwer ), also referred to as Conestoga Creek ( Pennsylvania German: Kanneschtooge Grick ), is a 61.6-mile-long (99.1 km) [4] tributary of the Susquehanna River flowing through the center of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ...
Two-door wagon. Dimensions. Wheelbase. 116.5 in (2,960 mm) The Studebaker Conestoga is an all-steel station wagon that was produced in 1954 and 1955 by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana ( USA ). The company chose the name Conestoga as an homage to its wagon business that company produced from the 1850s into the early 20th century.
Conestoga (rocket) The Conestoga was a launch vehicle design funded by Space Services Inc. of America (SSIA) of Houston, Texas. Conestoga originally consisted of surplus LGM-30 Minuteman stages with additional strap-on boosters, as required for larger payloads. It was the world's first privately funded commercial rocket, but was launched only ...
717. FIPS code. 42-071-15592. Website. conestogatwp .com. Conestoga Township is a township in west central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,922.
Conestoga Town is an historic archaeological site memorializing the Native American tribal village which stood on the site from the late 17th into the mid-18th-century; it is located at what is now Manor Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The town is a settlement at the southern end of the once vast range of the Susquehannock nation or ...