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Flying Cloud Sets South Dakota Record to Coolidge
The Reo Flying Cloud carried The Daily Argus Leader from Sioux Falls to President Coolidge at his Black Hills hunting lodge, covering 398 miles in 7 hours 43 minutes. Averaging over 50 mph, the car endured 300 hills and 100 curves, including 100 miles of dirt road, with over 200 miles driven after dark.
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Sioux Falls
Rapid City
Daily Argus Leader
S. D
Coolidge
Black Hills
South Dakota
Chamberlain
William Wilson
Wilson-Barber Auto Company
Reo
White House
Argus Leader