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This Fact Is Overdue #2

During their 1896 excursion from Fort Missoula, Mont., to Yellowstone National Park, riders of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, led by Lt. James A. Moss, at the top, pose on Minerva Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs. (World History Group Archive) borrowed from the Army Times

The second episode of my podcast is up!!! Come learn about this country's first mountain bikers.

References:

Anacker, Caelen. (2018) 25TH INFANTRY BICYCLE CORPS (1896-97)  https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/25th-infantry-bicycle-corp-1896-97/

Grundhauser, Eric. (2017) America’s Short-Lived ‘Black Army on Wheels’ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bicycle-corps-army-25th-infantry

Guroff, Margaret. (2016) The Mechanical Horse. Austin: University of Texas Press.

History.net. U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps: Wheels of War. 

https://www.historynet.com/us-armys-25th-infantry-bicycle-corps-wheels-of-war.htm

PBS (1999) Bicycle Corps: America's Black Army on Wheels
https://www.pbs.org/video/montanapbs-presents-bicycle-corps-americas-black-army-on-wheels/

Ruggiero, Adam. (2018) Little-Known Heroes: All-Black 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps. https://gearjunkie.com/25th-infantry-bicycle-corps

Sicard, Sarah. (2020) How the Army tried and failed to build a bicycle corps. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/02/25/how-the-army-tried-and-failed-to-build-a-bicycle-corps/

 

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Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for whatever rain that we get here. I am, however, aching for some warm dry days to work in the yard cutting back the bamboo, the bougainvilleas, and the morning glories that threaten to eat my house.