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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 23: Dakota Bob – Transcontinental Walker
Description: By Davy Crockett
Both a podcast episode and a full article
Dakota Bob
On May 10, 2019, America will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. This is the second article in a series to recognize some historic accomplishments walking or running across the American continent. In the previous article, the history was given of the 1855 walk across South America by Nathaniel Holmes Bishop that inspired others to try transcontinental walks.
Starting around 1890, dozens of “pedestrians” attempted transcontinental walks and many claimed to have succeeded. In 1896 a Buffalo article commented, "No less that a score have passed through Buffalo...