Conestoga wagons were being the eighteen-wheelers of their day. Mennonite German settlers made and built the sturdy wagons to haul up to 6 tons of freight above extremely rough terrain. A wagon’s contents were secured from shifting on account of curved floorboards which prevented the freight from slipping out during https://medium.com/@refinedtraditions/the-history-of-the-word-stogie-2544ebffee4a