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WESTERNER WHO WEARS MANTTMEDALS AND HAS WALKS*THOUSAND8 OF MILES STOWOVER FOR A VISIT HERE*Dakota Bob has bobbed up and a ay a ' expects to r$mabt Is Daytona for lt;* ^ouple or three day*.Dakota Bob is the noted pedestrian, who has been makingv:$its to thi-i part of the country ft*some time and who claSma to hsvt covered more miles on foot any other living man. He claims to have an acquaintance all over ifca worfd, having been walking contiaa-ously for more than IS years, durtog which he has circled the iglobe twice. August 23 last, he finished 100,080 miles in IS years, nine months and 15 days.He is now on his way south aa£ v ill walk along the East Coast aa far as possible, go on to Key W*4L V’ke a boat from there to Tampa and A’alk back along the west coast at Florida. He 1a not walking oa sag:wager?, just meandering along to mm the country and renew the acoatafe* eoces he has. n*a4evi previous Tiaftfcin thU section of the countrJT. ’ Dakota Bob is sure to attraet attention wherever he stops ‘by tike medalf which he wears on his dotfc* V:g, Uo js'un he carries, his tnag»flowing hair and the big sombirtara hat. He is probably as well formed on th customs, habits aad characteristics of the people Uring in all parts of the United States aa any mau living and is a regular walking encyclopedia on these sub-jects.
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Daytona Beach Daily News
Daytona Beach, Florida, US
Thu, Dec 15, 1910
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