Daily Accounts...
- BEFORE the trip
- Day 1-Ft.Missoula to Cottonwood
- Day 2- Cottonwood to Avon, MT
- Day 3 - Avon to Elliston, MT
- Day 4 - Elliston to Ft. Harrison, MT
- Day 5 - Rest day at Ft. Harrison
- Day 6 - Ft. Harrison to Recap, MT
- Day 7 - Recap to Chestnut, MT
- Day 8 - Chestnut to Big Timber, MT
- Day 9 -Big Timber to Columbus,MT
- Day 10-Columbus to Pryor Creek
- Day 11-Pryor Creek to Ft. Custer
- Day 12-Ft.Custer to Battlefield,MT
- Day13-Battlefield to Parkman, WY
- Day 14 - Parkman to Arno, WY
- Day 15 - Arno to Arvada, WY
- Day 16 - Arvada to Moorcroft, WY
- Day 17 - Moorcroft to Merino, WY
- Day 18 - Merino to Clifton, WY
- Day 19-Clifton, WY to Rumford,SD
- Day 20-Rumford,SD to Belmont,NE
- Day 21 - Belmont to Alliance, NE
- Day 22 - Alliance to Ellsworth, NE
- Day 23 -Ellsworth to Whitman, NE
- Day 24 - Whitman to Senaca, NE
- Day 25 - Senaca to Halsey, NE
- Day 26 - Halsey to Broken Bow, NE
- Day 27- Rest day at Broken Bow
- Day 28 - Broken Bow to Ravenna
- Day 29 - Ravenna to Aurora, NE
- Day 30-Aurora to Germantown
- Day 31-Germantown to Firth,NE
- Day 32 - Firth to Table Rock, NE
- Day 33-Table Rock to Napier,MO
- Day 34 - Napier to St. Joseph, MO
- Day 35-St. Joseph to Hamilton,MO
- Day 36 - Hamilton to Laclede, MO
- Day 37 - Laclede to Macon, MO
- Day 38 - Macon to W. Quincy, MO?
- Day 39-W. Quincy to Louisiana,MO
- Day 40-Louisiana to St. Peters, MO
- Day 41 - on to St. Louis
- AFTER the trip
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- 1897 Calendar (1)
- introduction (3)
- maps (2)
- Missouri (10)
- Montana (12)
- Nebraska (13)
- South Dakota (1)
- Wyoming (7)
- Mike Higgins
- Wyoming
- Twenty some years ago, I heard of the 25th Bicycle Corps through a two-page article in a children's magazine, Highlights, sent by my brother. Five years ago, I began to consider the possibility of retracing the route they pedaled from Ft. Missoula to St. Louis, back in 1897. During the planning, I decided I wanted to determine, as precisely as possible, when and where the Corps went. Much of that was known but there were, and still are, gaps. The more I've learned about the route the more intrigued I've become with the men - Who were they? What did they think and feel on this journey? How were they changed by the experience? Precious little remains to help me with those questions. I offer this information with the conviction that others will find the men, their odyssey and all the unanswered questions as compelling as I have. I retraced the Montana leg of the route in the early summer of 2009 and in late May and June of 2010 did the whole trip--from Ft. Missoula to St. Louis.
1897 maps from Rand McNally atlas
Most Complete Modern Source
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DVD that is somewhat hard to find
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Montana PBS has the DVD
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Fort Missoula Museum
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Helpful Places
- Mansfield Library
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Enlarge the map and click on the blue number icons for daily accounts of the trip.
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