Thomas Stevens

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This file appears in: 1886 Cycling Tour: New Orleans to Boston
Thomas Stevens

When the 3 members of the New Orleans Bicycle Club departed for Boston, Stevens was circling the globe by bicycle.

This file appears in: 1886 Cycling Tour: New Orleans to Boston

By Lacar Musgrove
Early on Easter morning 1886, around a hundred people gathered at the Henry Clay Statue outside A. M. Hill Jewelers at St. Charles and Canal. Hill, captain of the New Orleans Bicycle Club, stood dressed in a riding outfit of brown corduroy and knee…