Wisconsin’s First Bicycle Ambassador


By Jesse Gant | November 24, 2014

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On bike paths, city streets, and even on ice, bicycles seem ubiquitous in Wisconsin. The first bicycling boom hit the state in the late 1860s and its most public face was a young woman who took the state and the sport by storm. Jesse Gant tells us the story.

Jesse Gant

Jesse Gant

Jesse Gant is the co-author of the book, Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State.
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