Bicycling across the Sandhills in 1897

It is thought that this photo of the bicyclists was taken somewhere east of Alliance along the CB&Q tracks in the Sandhills. courtesy photo
It is thought that this photo of the bicyclists was taken somewhere east of Alliance along the CB&Q tracks in the Sandhills. courtesy photo

Editor’s note: Larry Hardesty of Kearney shared this story with the Tribune about a troop of black bicyclists who pedaled from Missoula, Montana, to St.

Louis, Missouri, via the Sandhills in 1897. Mull…