Cycling section example from the summer of 1896
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Another cycling section of the Des Moines Register, from 1896 during the height of the cycling boom. Note the news about cross-country tourists passing through, and the individual purchases of bicycles which were reported.
This file appears in: Early Des Moines Bicycle History
Early Des Moines Bicycle History
At the end of the 19th century, technology was on the move - literally. After the emergence and dominance of railroads in the middle of the 19th century, the next major transportation revolution was smaller-scale, and much more personal. Theā¦