Joey Armstrong standing behind his covered wagon.

Durham Elementary students in Ms. Williams’ 5th grade class study Westward Expansion.

Each student created a visual of 19th century life by making covered wagons - an icon of the American Old West.

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Although covered wagons were commonly used for shorter moves within the United States, in the mid-nineteenth century thousands of Americans took them across the plains to Oregon and California.

Cheyenne Conti

Evan Meyers