A Moment in Kentucky History: 100 Mile Bicycle Race in 1896

WEKU | By wendy barnett

Published October 23, 2019 at 6:02 AM EDT

Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about a 100-mile bicycle race from Lexington to Covington in 1896.

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