weatern riddle

[jnettla]

for most, going west meant traveling by both wagon and boat, but who was the guy who figured out how to do both at once?

[Thomas]

 What is weatern?

[Kingaroo]

Some guy who invented the ferry boat? BTW, "going west" also means "dying" in older american slang.

[shaaag]

Fred Read   http://www.ruralhistory.org/the_collections/the_museum/wagons.html

is one possible...also,  ck "conestoga inventor"

http://www.millville.org/Workshops_f/Westward/Conestog.html

The Studebaker Drivers Club

and "studebaker" prairie schooner.   (sorry for so many options...but could be any of these three)