: a wagon with a canvas top supported by bowed strips of wood or metal
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Immersive museums, covered wagon campgrounds, pageants, and hands-on historical sites breathe life into Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books and make her characters come alive.—
Alicia Underlee Nelson,
Midwest Living,
22 June 2026 The property has a Western-style restaurant, but guests can also book a cookout reached by horse or covered wagon.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Dec. 2025 The public can also spend the night at The Haunted Forest, which has tiny houses, covered wagons and camping sites.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025 Previously, the area that would become the Wyoming Territory had been a transitory place that covered wagons passed through on their way west.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025