The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-22
.SG BICYCLE RIDE.
z Mitchell Travels From
Richmond, Ky, to Seattle.
ma THREE THOUSAND MILES.
-, yisitfng 0is Brother Here He
WHi Proceed 20 San Franchise and
esa Diego on He wheel.

rr. Mitchell, Of Richmond. KY. ar
rrrd in Seattle yesterday, having Travelled
efsa miles on q bicycle within the past
! 8rss months, and - the guest Of his
! x-nkher. John r. Mitchell, of this city.
n. Mitchell has ridden his wheel the en-
- distance from his home since May IL,
"a. after visiting his brother here and en-
tsxiug the hunting and fishing Of this sec
e. for time, will again mount his BIZ
rxcle and proceed TO San Diego. Cal. He
rnds.sook the .joarney principally for his
kealth. and has been greatly benefited BY
4 b<sng not only as brssz as berry, bat,
81 bis own admission, requiring four meals
! dsy. although be had TO cook them him.
~, on the trip.
Upon leaving home he proceeded TO
r41efnnafi and thence north 10 Hamilton,
81 Then he travelled westward through
Richmond. Indianapolis ard Covington,
lad. through Danyille, bloomington,
Peoria and Galesburg. ILL.,, crossing the
Mississippi into Burlington, Ia. Thence
he vent TO ottumwa having so far fol-
lowed wagon roads. At this point be took
DE road bed OF the 20" 10 Des Moines
& and then Of the Rock Island 10 Council
Buff. crossing the Missouri to Omaha.
He then followed the line OF the Union
Pacific across Nebraska and TO Cheyenne,
Eyo.. thence through Laramie TO Rollins
uhsrs he left the railroad and cut across
tie country 10 Lander, Fort Wichita
and the Wind river. aud crossed the
0NI Greek mountains 10 Mateesie on the
Gray Bull river. then 10 the Sinking
water, where he caught his first trout.
Thence he crossed TO Sunlight over Dead
Indian hill. making descent of 5000 feet
In one mile and three-quarters. In making
the descent be adopted the method of
other conveyances in the same place, that
Of cutting a tree and dragging il behind as
kind Of sheet anchor. From there he
crossed on the Lodge Pole trail to clark's
fork of the Yellowstone. which he followed
70 Cook City, Mont. Six miles from Cook
City he entered Yellowstone park and
vent down Soda Butte creek TO Yancy's
ranch, over the mountains and by Wash
burn trail 70 Cannon hotel at the fails, and
then took a circuit through Yellowstone
PARK, visiting the mammoth hot springs
snd striking the Northern Pacific railroad
q Cinnabar. He followed the road to
Bozeman and Helena. but crossed the
mountains on the wagon road to Missoula,
from which point he followed the railroad
through Spokane and all the way TO Buck
lsy. through the Cascade tunnel, cutting
aeross country to Auburn and thence TO
Seattle. Mr.. Mitchell says that he ex-
perienced no difficulty in riding over rail-
road ties but was bothered by .'cow-gaps"
and trsstles because he had to disnlount
and walk over them. After reach
Ing the hills in Wyoming he procured =
camp and cooking OUTFIT and brought
II all the way across the country, having
from thirty TO forty pounds of freight tied
on his wheel, including what provisions
he was obliged to carry between towns.
de carried no firearms and said lie had no
use for them except once, when an old Ne
hraska farmer roundiy abused him, aud
oil bicycles and their riders in general.
nsing some very offensive language, which
vas annoying TO a man from Kentucky.
The distance travelled has been kept by a
syclometer on the forward wheel of the
bicycle. Mr.. Mitchell will spend O snort
time at his brothers ranch near Long lake
before resuming his journey.