Tag: argus
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Seattle’s first downtown bike path (1898)
I am briefly emerging from my work on my Seattle bike history book to post this map I found buried deep in the archives of The Argus, a weekly Seattle newspaper co-owned by an early Seattle bicycle booster. It’s a map of the bicycle path the city constructed in 1898 to help people connect to…
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Pardon the radio silence while I work on my Seattle bike history book
Hello, dear readers. I am currently working hard on the second draft of the book I’m writing for UW Press about bicycle history and culture in Seattle. I was initially hoping to be able to keep the blog going through all of this, but it’s proving more fruitful for me to stay focused on the…
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