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START ON A LONG HIKEKansas City Couple Begin an ft.500-Mllc Walk.CleaiVisemtavMr. and Mrs. W. S- Jftrboe of K:»n-fds Crty arrived in Topeka Tuesday on the first lap of an S.Soo-mile trip around the country. The y are gotng from here to San Francisco, then north to Seattle, east to New York, south to New Orleans and north along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers home They expect to m:»kc the trip th In eighteen months but they are de- | a! termlned to stay xvltn it If it takes ten years to complete the trip.Unlike the usual distance hikers they are net mukinr the trip on a wnjtpr, but ar.* walking for pleasure and health. Th»y started from Kansas .. City. det*d broke and expect to live'*1 along the way hv selling postcards. Both travel well armed and Mr. Jnrboe carries a pack weighing twenty-nine pounds. Denver Is the first large town they make after K leaving Topeka. They travel along the railroad tracks In preference to the roads.Mr. Jatboc has made two otherXg. .1!---- .. . ----—»-■wi19inKthe
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Topeka State Journal
Topeka, Kansas, US
Wed, Sep 08, 1915
Page 7
Full Page
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Lyell H.
IA, USA 07 Apr 2021
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