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yonder

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2. Occasionally I've come across the term Buffalo Soldiers

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 08:50 PM

Sep 2018

but never gave it any mind. Now I know. I'd like to see that museum up there someday. A couple of things from that OP link are those bicycles were supposed to have weighed 32# and they averaged 50 miles a day. I figured they would be quite a bit heavier and considering the 120 year old roads and tracks, that's a pretty good pace. Remarkable, if accurate.

The interview today said they've recreated and filmed some of the scenes just north of Boise here - I'll be looking forward to the documentary as well.

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