| Summary: | This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 57: The time was right in the Gay Nineties for a bicycle club in Auburn. The high wheeler, with its large front wheel and small back one, had been replaced by a safety model with wheels the same size. Air-filled rubber tires had been around since 1890. Therefore, fresh air, exercise, and pleasure seekers such as George Petrie, fourth from left, and B.B. Ross, sixth from left, organized a group of riders. The club eventually built a bicycle path from where Gay Street ended at Samford Avenue to Wright's Mill (Chewacla Park). Others in front of the McElhaney House were, from left: Charles Ross, Bob Trammell, J.M. Stedman, Mrs. Petrie (who with her husband had ridden a tandem bike on part of their honeymoon trip in Virginia), A. Foster McKissick with daughter Ellison in basket, and John J. Wilmore. The pet dog was muzzled. Photo source: Auburn University Archives.
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