Uncle Sam Welcomes the Thomas Flyer and Crew. Home Sweet Home! By Jeff Mahl: The voyage to New York was the first real opportunity George Schuster had to consider what had just happened. Six months earlier and just one day before the start of the event, he had been summoned to Times Square to begin…
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San Francisco Here We Come! By Jeff Mahl: After traveling from NYC and reaching Chicago the teams hoped for the end of the snow that they were forced to endure so far. The snow would soon end but the mud would then begin and it was a thick, sticky sand and clay mixture the racers…
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Racers and officials head north single file on Broadway from the NY Times Building starting line. By Jeff Mahl: It was 11:20 the cold crisp morning of February 12, 1908; just minutes after the President of the AAA New York City Chapter fired the gold pistol above the Times Square crowd. For the Race Teams,…
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