Here is some earlier Kansas motorcycle history for enthusiasts…
From: Did You Know by Dorotha Gray Giannangelo
“Dr. Benj. J. Patterson was a motorcycle enthusiast and already acting president of the American Federation of Mptorciclists when he arrived in Pratt, September 1911. Within months after his arrival he organized local motorcyclists into a branch of the Kansas Short Grass Club…
Also see http://www.ksgmc.org which says:
“The Kansas Short Grass Motorcycle Club was founded in 1910 by Dr. Benjamin Patterson of Rexford Kansas. The son of Harvard trained medical doctors, Patterson used a motorcycle to reach his clients in remote locations. At this time roads were nearly non-existent and a motorcycle could more easily traverse such terrain.
The KSGMC achieved international attention through newspapers such as the New York Times and through Dr. Patterson’s election in the Federation of American Motorcyclists. Numbering almost 400 riders at it’s largest the KSGMC became the premier motorcycle club of its day and conducted tours of several hundreds of miles in a time where roads were scarce and motorcycle suspensions were non-existent.”
I own a printer block that has the short grass motorcycle club etched in copper.
Dated 1911 & the group of men are standing in front of a barn & Hotel Northern in Scott City
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I’m so glad you posted the link to the motorcycle museum. We might actually drive over there one of these days to see it. Didn’t even know it existed.
Here is some earlier Kansas motorcycle history for enthusiasts…
From: Did You Know by Dorotha Gray Giannangelo
“Dr. Benj. J. Patterson was a motorcycle enthusiast and already acting president of the American Federation of Mptorciclists when he arrived in Pratt, September 1911. Within months after his arrival he organized local motorcyclists into a branch of the Kansas Short Grass Club…
Also see http://www.ksgmc.org which says:
“The Kansas Short Grass Motorcycle Club was founded in 1910 by Dr. Benjamin Patterson of Rexford Kansas. The son of Harvard trained medical doctors, Patterson used a motorcycle to reach his clients in remote locations. At this time roads were nearly non-existent and a motorcycle could more easily traverse such terrain.
The KSGMC achieved international attention through newspapers such as the New York Times and through Dr. Patterson’s election in the Federation of American Motorcyclists. Numbering almost 400 riders at it’s largest the KSGMC became the premier motorcycle club of its day and conducted tours of several hundreds of miles in a time where roads were scarce and motorcycle suspensions were non-existent.”
I own a printer block that has the short grass motorcycle club etched in copper.
Dated 1911 & the group of men are standing in front of a barn & Hotel Northern in Scott City