Wheeling through Yellowstone: A History of Early Bicycling in the First National Park, 1883–1898

During the last decades of the nineteenth century, a number of wheelmen and wheelwomen tested their mettle, and that of their machines, by pedaling through some of the most amazing scenery—and the worst roads—that North America had to offer. Historian and Yellowstone park ranger Wes Hardin explores the fascinating stories of some of these intrepid cyclists.