He produced Conestoga Wagon wheels, which the pioneers used to travel westward in during the late 1800s.
David L. Southwick was a blacksmith who lived in the house in the late 1800s and built Conestoga wagon wheels.
Great Minquas Path (or The Great Trail) was a 17th-century trade route that ran through southeastern Pennsylvania from the Susquehanna River, near Conestoga, to the Schuylkill River, opposite Philadelphia.
Attendance at Conestoga Elementary School in Conestoga, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.61%, essentially the same as the 96.37% scored in the prior year.
They made their home by the river and had only one small village (Conestoga), but they were a strong tribe, that controlled trade routes along the river and the upper reaches of the bay.
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There are a series of bridges called the Big Conestoga Bridge that span over the Conestoga River.
Actress, granddaughter of Richard Nixon and great-granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower - has directed the fall dramas and spring musicals at Conestoga in past years.
It developed as a linear village along the Great Conestoga Road, stretching about two miles along path later known as the Strasburg Road.