KEARNEY — The Old Covered Wagon on U.S. Highway 30 west of Kearney is being spruced up before scores of visitors roll into town for the June 30-July 1 Lincoln Highway national centennial.

Here, Highcountry relies on a rugged Kodiak Canvas truck tent to turn the 7-foot (2.1-m) trailer bed into a modern-day covered wagon. The trailer box measures 68 inches (173 cm) wide from the ...

Their trip is powered by mules. The Utah couple are riding a covered wagon from Illinois to Utah, recreating the trek their ancestors took on the Mormon Trail. The mules, named Doc and Roxy ...

“The Covered Wagon” was months in the making with its cost said to have been in the neighborhood of $800,000. It is the biggest thing since Griffith made “The Birth of a Nation.” Like ...

The novelty of dining inside and outside a covered wagon was hard to resist. During the drive-in period in the 1950s and '60s, customers were "the college crowd," Gordy said, and as the drive-in ...

KMBC NINE NEWS TODAY IS AN ALERT DAY DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT, BUT THE HEAT DOES NOT STOP WORK AND PEOPLE STILL NEED TO FIND WAYS TO GET AROUND, WHETHER IT’S BY ELECTRIC BIKE OR COVERED WAGON.

WALCOTT, N.D. — A group of travelers is going more than 800 miles from Walker, Iowa, to St. John, North Dakota, in a horse-drawn covered wagon. On June 3, they stopped in Walcott, North Dakota ...

And, of course, the Westport covered wagon, which after 61 years has ended its journey. Wednesday it was set to be carted away. Kevin Maxon of Lawrence, now 68, was 7 back then. He is the older of ...

A piece of Kansas City history and symbol of America’s westward expansion, the covered wagon that has stood for 61 years at the Old Westport Shopping Center at Westport Road and Southwest ...

A Conestoga-type wagon that hauled settlers westward has marked the Old Westport Shopping Center since 1963. Now deteriorating, the wagon believed to be from the 1860s is scheduled to be removed ...