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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

June 25 - Across America on a Motor Bicycle

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(Ligonier, IN to Perrysburg, OH) "At 8.a.m. On June 25 I left Ligonier and struck out over a sand road, through a rolling and fertile...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

June 24 - Across America on a Motor Bicycle

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(Kensington, IL to Ligonier, IN) Kensington Depot, c.1900 "In the morning I ordered and paid for some gasoline. What I got was a ...
Monday, June 22, 2026

June 23 - Across America on a Motor Bicycle

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(Chicago to Kensington, IL) "It was not until the morning of this day, June 23, that I got my new motor crank by express, and it took...

2026 Wyman Trail East Survey

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 The Wyman Trail Survey is conducted each year to review existing Wyman Community Memorial displays and establish new ones. This year's...
Friday, June 19, 2026

June 20-22 - Across America on a Motorcycle

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(Layover in Chicago, IL) G.Wyman " I was thoroughly disgusted with Chicago from that time on. I eventually went to a hotel where ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

June 19 - Across America on a Motor Bicycle

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(Naperville to Chicago, IL) G.Wyman "I was on fine stone roads by this time, and only 25 miles from Chicago. I pedaled Into the W...
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

June 18 - Across America on a Motor Bicycle

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(Clinton, IA to Naperville (Lisle), IL) Lyons-Fulton Bridge, c.1898 "At Clinton I was nearing Chicago, within 150 miles of it, an...
Monday, June 15, 2026

June 16 - Across America on a Motor Bicycle

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(Marshalltown to Clinton, IA) "With my nerve fortified by a resolve to brazen it out with the section hands on the railroad, and a st...

June 17 - Across America on a Motor Bicycle

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(Clinton, IA) Wyman did not account for his activities on June 17, 1903.  In the passage below, he states he departed the Stoddart Hotel i...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

June 15 - Across America on a Motor Bicycle

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(Ogden to Marshalltown, IA) "At Ogden I found a blacksmith, and had him cut a new thread on my rear axle, and we wedged the lock-nut ...