Last week, I posted a few of the numerous
wagon brands marketed by early vehicle builders and asked for thoughts on who
made what. While there were quite a few
visitors to that blog, no one ventured any guesses. I won’t give away all of the answers this
week but, here are a few details on some of the relatively unknown brands...
- Overland – This was a lower-priced, sister brand to a Newton wagon.
- Chief – ‘Chief’ was a farm truck brand made by the Fort Smith Wagon Company.
- Superior – Built by the Abingdon Wagon Company in Abingdon, Illinois.
- Gate City – Made by the Winona Wagon Company in Winona, Minnesota.
- L. R. V. – One of several vehicle brands made by the Auburn Wagon Company in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
- Red Hickory – This was a farm wagon brand built by the Florence Wagon Company in Florence, Alabama.
- Fairfield – Built and marketed by J. Turney & Company in Fairfield, Iowa, this was a value-priced option to the firm’s flagship ‘Charter Oak’ brand.
From trademark construction features to
differences in brands over time, the information shown above is just a small sampling of the wealth of data found inside our Archives. Spanning
almost 200 years of America’s horse drawn history, this one-of-a-kind
collection continues to grow and remains focused on preserving our wood-wheeled past. Almost weekly, we're fortunate to uncover even more all-but-lost details. Ultimately, the process is helping countless individuals and organizations understand more
about specific vehicles and the true provenance of a
set of wheels.
Coming soon... We’ll cover a different, ‘lower form’ of wagon. In the meantime, if you’ve run across a brand you don’t recognize, send us some good photos. We’d be glad to take a look.
Coming soon... We’ll cover a different, ‘lower form’ of wagon. In the meantime, if you’ve run across a brand you don’t recognize, send us some good photos. We’d be glad to take a look.
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