National Historic Corridor Project Conestoga Wagon Corridor Earliest Roads From Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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1 National Historic Corridor Project Conestoga Wagon Corridor Earliest Roads From Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pennsylvania To Render an Application for Registration with The National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The Conestoga Wagon Corridor A corridor Preservation Project of the Swiss, German, English and Welsh Barns, Mills, Houses, Wagons and Toll Roads. The goal is the preservation of historic structures and appurtenances along the Great Conestoga Road of 1714, the Peter s Road of 1717, King s Highway of 1733 and the Philadelphia Lancaster Turnpike of A special focus will be on the Swiss Bank Barn with Forebay, which traces its roots to Swiss Canton Graubunden, and forms to roots or core of approximately 70% of the barn designs in America. The task is the identification, selection, repair, preservation and adaptive use of historic structures which preserve the rich history of Swiss, German (Deutsch), English, Welsh and French influences along the corridor.
2 Appendix Background on National Register Established under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register has identified and documented, in partnership with state, federal, and tribal preservation programs more than 76,000 districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. Over 1.2 million contributing resources are included in the boundaries of National Register listings. Recognizing a vast and diverse array of historic properties throughout the United States and its territories, the National Register has been a catalyst for preserving communities, maintaining cultural traditions, recognizing community history, and revitalizing cities across the United States. The Register includes landmarks of American achievement as well as properties that reflect the everyday lives of ordinary people in communities across the nation. Background on Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Marker Details- Conestoga Wagon Name: Conestoga Wagon [Agriculture and Industries] Region: Hershey/Gettysburg/Dutch Country Region County Location: Lancaster Marker Location: PA 462 (old S 30),.8 mile E of Lancaster Dedication Date: March 17, 1947 Marker Text Product of this Conestoga Valley. Developed here in mid-18th century by local wagon makers, this vehicle of empire was the freight carrier of frontier days, and was the ancestor of the prairie schooner.
3 Behind the Marker In 1935, this Conestoga wagon was still in use on the Romas Brothers Farm in... Credit: Courtesy of The Pennsylvania State Archives Throughout colonial America, overland transportation depended upon dirt roads, many of them narrow, muddy, rutted, and littered with rocks, branches, and old stumps. Soon after Pennsylvania s establishment as a colony, the great bounty of the land presented settlers with the challenge of moving their crops and goods to market and of getting city-made goods shipped out to them. The solution was developed in the Conestoga region of Lancaster County. There, the simple colonial farm wagon was transformed into the Conestoga wagon; an elegantly designed and rugged overland freight hauler. The first recorded use of the name dates back to December 31, 1717, when James Logan, William Penn s former secretary, carefully recorded in his account book that he bought a Conestogoe Waggon" from James Hendricks. Logan needed the special wagon to bring loads of furs from his trading post on the Lancaster frontier to the city and to carry a wide variety of goods back to Conestogoe." The name came from area along the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, where Pennsylvania German and Swiss wagon builders created the large sturdy wagons needed to ship farm products the sixty-four mile journey to market in Philadelphia. A product of several influences, the wagon took shape over time. To prevent cargo from shifting as the wagon bounced along rough roads, wagon-makers replaced the flat-bed of the farm wagon with a center-sloping bed. To haul large loads, they extended the bed size to thirteen to sixteen feet, expanded the width and depth to four feet, and added a white canvas, hemp, or linen cover stretched across large wooden bows to protect freight from the weather. They made axles from tough hickory and the hubs from sour gum to withstand the pounding of rough roads and enlarged the wheels to improve the ride and to ford streams and rivers and keep the cargo dry. Blacksmiths forged iron wheel rims, as well as ornate hinges, brake shafts, linchpins, hooks, staples, latches, and other fancy ironwork. To pull the heavy wagons over long distances, Lancaster County breeders provided strong, heavy horses that exhibited great stamina.
4 In the early 1900s the Landis Brothers traveled south central Pennsylvania documenting... Credit: Courtesy of the Landis Valley Farm Museum Critical to colonial commerce, Conestoga wagons were also essential to long-distance military campaigns. On April 26, 1755, Benjamin Franklin advertised for 150 wagons to serve General Edward Braddock in his upcoming campaign against the French. That summer Conestoga drivers from southern Pennsylvania responded, transporting provisions for the expedition that ended in Braddock s disastrous defeat at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh). During the American Revolution, Conestoga wagons carried supplies for the Continental Army. In the spring of 1778, one such wagon carried $600,000 worth of silver coins a loan from the French government to the fledgling United States from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to the nation s treasury, which was then located in York, Pennsylvania. During the War of 1812, a large convoy of Conestoga wagons carried urgently needed gunpowder from the DuPont gunpowder works at Wilmington, Delaware to supply Commodore Perry on Lake Erie. With the opening of the Lancaster Turnpike Philadelphia and Lancaster ) in the 1790s and National Road in the 1810s, Conestoga wagons became the big rigs" of their day. In the first four decades of the 1800s, they hauled a significant portion of the nation s long distance freight. Developed in Lancaster County in the early 1700s, Conestoga wagons hauled freight... Credit: Courtesy of the Landis Valley Farm Museum Travelers in Pennsylvania were fascinated by the traffic. On her first trip on the Lancaster Turnpike in May 1810, Sister Catherine Fritsch from Bethlehem marveled at ten wagons at a wayside mill [waiting] to be loaded with flour for the city" and wagons queued three and four deep, waiting to pay their tolls. Traveling from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. on the Lancaster stagecoach Josiah Quincy, in 1826, noted that the road seemed actually lined with Conestoga wagons, each drawn by six stalwart horses, and ladened with farm produce." For more than a century, these wagons were the ships of inland commerce," hauling large loads on farms and carrying tons of farm produce and freight across Pennsylvania and neighboring states. In the late 1700s, settlers used Conestoga wagons to move them west across the Appalachian Mountains and into the Ohio River valley. The development of the overland freight industry gave rise to professional regulars who teamed for a living, and wagoners or militiamen, usually Pennsylvania German farmers, who took up driving as seasonal jobs. Known for their toughness, regulars carried blackjacks and brass knuckles, wore broad-brimmed hats to protect against the sun, smoked cheap cigars called stogies -- a name derived from their wagons--and had no qualms about forcing another wagon off the road if it challenged their right-of-way. During the summer months, drivers slept and ate on the road, preparing meals and caring for the team on the go. In winter months, they relied on taverns for sustenance and rest. Wagoners also became a power in Pennsylvania politics. In 1835, they helped elect Joseph The Wagon Boy of the Alleghenies Ritner, who has worked as a wagoner in his youth, governor of Pennsylvania. They did their best, too, to hold back public funding of railroads, which they argued would drive up taxes; force blacksmiths,
5 wheelwrights and other tradesmen out of business; stimulate the immigration of Irishmen by loads ; and ruin us poor wag ners. The wagoners fears were well-founded. The development of canals and railroads soon ended the use Conestoga wagons as long distance freight carriers in the 1840s. For decades to come, however, they continued to be used on Pennsylvania farms. In the mid-1800s, Pennsylvania s unique contribution to America s transportation history also became the moving van of choice for families heading west. Now known as the prairie schooner" or covered wagon," they carried American settlers onto the Great Plains and across the continent to new lives in California and Oregon. Beyond the Marker John Omwake, The Conestoga Six-Horse Bell Teams of Eastern Pennsylvania (Cincinnati, Ohio: John Omwake, Publisher, 1930). Arthur L. Reist, The Conestoga Wagon, Masterpiece of the Blacksmith (Lancaster, Pa: Forry and Hacker, 1975). George Shumway, Edward Durell, Howard C. Frey, Conestoga Wagon, (York, Pa: George Shumway, Publisher, 1964). Sponsors (Underway) Sherry McVickar, 30 years experienced professional painter will render any building or structure in an original oil painting for sale to sponsors and remit 30% of the proceeds to the project.
6 Appendix WHAT IS SCAPE? (An example of a funding source) SCAPE Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment was founded in early 2002 and has grown to over 200 members, a diverse group including nationally known artists, students, patrons and even gallery owners. The membership is open to everyone who would like to participate. The Santa Barbara NewsPress arts writer, Josef Woodard, recognized members of SCAPE as artists who find plenty to paint about in the area s unspoiled wilds and who are intrinsically passionate about preserving nature s beauty in our midst. Our goals are to raise money to protect open spaces, to increase public awareness of environmental and conservation issues, and to promote camaraderie and provide opportunities for exhibition and education for outdoor painters. SCAPE has raised money for the Environmental Defense Center, Community Environmental Council, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, UCSB s Sedgwick Reserve, Coal Oil Point Reserve, the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, and Channelkeeper among others. To date, over $78,000 has been donated to these causes. SCAPE has over 200 members who participate in our paint-outs, workshops, exhibitions and on our Board. All are welcome to join us. We plan 2 or 3 shows every year and each show is juried. Membership is open year-round. The membership form and more information are available at
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