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Ocean to Ocean Hiker Walsh Reaches Fairbury on 3000 Mile Trek
John Walsh, former U S Army sergeant, arrived in Fairbury on Tuesday morning at 8 after setting out October 24 from San Francisco to walk to Boston in about three months for William Randolph Hearst, earning $2000. He has crossed Colorado and Nebraska planting a Lincoln State Journal provided flag and traveled 35 miles in 16 hours from Lebanon, Kansas, without food or sleep. Walsh recalls past dangers including flagging a potential train wreck in Utah and surviving a desert crossing, averaging 50 to 60 miles daily and facing near starvation. He expects easier terrain ahead and notes congressional records secured for Fairbury library.
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