CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
The Camden Wheelmen
and other Bicycling Clubs
The Century Wheelmen, Crescent
Wheelmen & Stockton Wheelmen
The development of the bicycle spawned mucn enthusiasm in the 1890s. Bicyclists, or as they were called in those times, Wheelmen, formed clubs, a national association, held races, conventions, and all matter of social events. Three clubs were of note in Camden, the Camden Wheelmen, the century Wheelmen, and the Stockton Wheelmen, who hailed from what was then the Town of Stockton, which became part of Camden in 1899. |
THE CAMDEN WHEELMEN |
Philadelphia Inquirer - August 8, 1897 | |
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THE CENTURY WHEELMEN |
THE CRESCENT WHEELMEN |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer The
Crescent Wheelmen |
THE STOCKTON WHEELMEN |
THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN |
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