Bicycling started in Iowa as a pastime for
wealthy men. That's a piece of history to be discussed in Iowa City on
Wednesday when State Historical Museum Curator Leo Landis presents
“Bicycling Through History: Iowa's Love Affair with Two-Wheeled Travel.”The program is scheduled for noon at the State Historical Society of Iowa, Centennial Building in Iowa City.
Landis
will share stories of cycling including the first Iowa bicycles in the
1860s and a series of scrapbooks highlighting a man's stove and bicycle
shop in Bonaparte. Landis' presentation follows the opening of the State
Historical Museum's “Riding Through History” exhibition in Des Moines.
The 3,000-square-foot display of artifacts, stories, photos and videos
includes one of the first bicycles ridden in the state from 1869.