Front:
COVERED WAGON
KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
Golden Gate or
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Back:
This souvenir
from the "Covered
Wagon Where the West Begins" at Kearney.
Buffalo County, Nebraska, represents that
period in American history when the sturdy
pioneers of 1849 traveled slowly over the
prairies to seek their fortune in the gold hills
of California or to make homes in the land of
the Indians.
As the East had its Mayflower and the
Pilgrim Fathers, so the West had its Covered
Wagon with its courageous settlers who con-
tributed greatly to the strength and character
of our country.
The Covered Wagon is half way across
the Continent from Boston to San Fran-
cisco, being 1733 miles from each city.
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