Conestoga

Conestoga

Conestoga originally referred to the Conestoga (people), an English name for the Susquehannock people of Pennsylvania. It may also refer to: simply people from the Pennsylvania in 1856 Year, refereed to this named and eventually they scattered in different area of North America in Canada and USA and then Named Used in Places where they Settled.

Places
Vehicles
  • Conestoga wagon, a covered horse-drawn wagon
  • Conestoga (rocket), the world's first privately-funded commercial rocket, produced from Minuteman I stages
  • Conestoga (ship), a wrecked steam ship in the Thousand Islands which is a popular Scuba diving site
  • C-93 Conestoga, a cargo aircraft
  • AL-60C-5 Conestoga, a variant of the Aermacchi AL.60 utility aircraft
Schools
In fiction
  • In Star Trek, the Conestoga is a starship used in the failed first attempt at deep space colonization
  • In 1986's Aliens (film), the ship class of the spaceship Sulaco
  • In the game Outpost 2, the name of a starship presented in the game
Other
  • Conestoga (convention), an annual literary science fiction convention held in Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Conestoga Church of the Brethren, a congregation related to Conrad Beissel at the Ephrata Cloister
  • Conestoga Cigar, also known as a "stogie"
  • Conestoga Traction Company, a former American regional interurban trolley operated out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • Conestoga, the company that manufactures the Big-Bang Cannon

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  • Conestoga — 1690s, name of an Indian tribe in southcentral Pennsylvania, probably from some Iroquoian language and sometimes said to mean people of the cabin pole; later a place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A characteristic type of covered wagon,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Conestōga — Conestōga, 1) (C. Creek), Fluß in der Grafschaft Lancaster im Staate Pennsylvanien (Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika), fällt in den Susquehanna River, schiffbar für Boote bis Lancaster City; 2) Städtischer Bezirk mit Postamt (Posttownship) in… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Conestoga — Der Begriff Conestoga bezeichnet: die Susquehannock Indianer einen Pferdewagen aus der Zeit der Kolonisierung des amerikanischen Westens; siehe Conestoga (Wagen) eine amerikanische Rakete; siehe Conestoga (Rakete) einen Fluss; siehe Conestoga… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Conestoga — Para otros usos de este término, véase Conestoga (cohete). Territorio de los Conestoga. Los conestoga eran una tribu india iroquesa, cuyo nombre procede de Kanastoge, nombre de una de sus villas en Pensilvania. También eran llamados Susquehannock …   Wikipedia Español

  • Conestoga — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Un chariot Conestoga Conestoga peut faire référence à: Une tribu amérindienne …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Conestoga — Con·es·to·ga (kŏn ĭ stōʹgə) n. pl. Conestoga or Con·es·to·gas See Susquehannock. * * * ➡ Conestoga wagon * * * …   Universalium

  • Conestoga — noun see Conestoga wagon …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Conestoga — Original name in latin Conestoga Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/New York longitude 39.94066 latitude 76.34635 altitude 155 Population 1258 Date 2011 05 14 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Conestoga — noun a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century • Syn: ↑covered wagon, ↑Conestoga wagon, ↑prairie wagon, ↑prairie schooner • Hypernyms: ↑wagon, ↑waggon …   Useful english dictionary

  • Conestoga High School — Established 1954 Type Public secondary school Principal Amy Meisinger …   Wikipedia

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