TACOMA WHEELMEN'S CLUB January 2009 Newsletter. 1 www.twbc.org January 2009 Web COG Blast From The Past : Originally From The TWBC Newsletter, January, 1999 Past Pedaling By Anne Heller (A previous TWBC President) Historical highlights of TWBC's 110 years (now 121 years!) Silent Steeds of the Nineteenth Century No, silent steed does not refer to early Wheelmen, but to their mounts. The Tacoma cycling community in 1899 was far from silent. Early Tacoma Wheelmen were as active and vocal as today's Club Members in encouraging the building of suitable bicycle trails and paths. As reported in a July 16, 1899 article in the Daily Ledger, the Tacoma vicinity had 40 miles of "roadway suited to the silent steed of the nineteenth century." These paths were in