Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Boston Marathon and the Nationwide Marathon Craze" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Boston foot race, Marathon run, American marathon, foot race, road race

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Twenty-Five Mile Road Race"
Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), April 20, 1897, Page 7, Image 7, col. 5.
"Games of Greece"
St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN), April 20, 1897, Page 7, Image 7, col. 1.
"The Marathon Games"
Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), April 20, 1897, Image 2, col.5.
"Marathon Race Decided"
San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 20, 1898, Page 5, Image 6, col. 1.
"How Thomas Longboat Broke Marathon Record"
Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), April 28, 1907, Sporting Section, Image 28, Page 4, col. 5-6.
"Yonkers Boy Won Marathon in Time Close to Record"
Evening World (New York, NY), April 20, 1908, Image 1, col. 2.
"The Running Game is Good Again"
Evening World (New York, NY), November 28, 1908, Final Results Section, Image 6, Page 6, col.1-8.
"Untrained Man Wins Marathon, Breaks Record"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), January 2, 1909, Page 7, Image, col. 1.
"Clark "Wins Marathon; Thousands Line the Full Course"
New York Tribune ( New York, NY), February 13, 1909, Image 1, col.4.
"Marathoning Still the Craze"
Morning examiner (Ogden, UT), March 28, 1909, Image 10, col. 1-4.
"The Marathon is Popular Race Fad"
Washington Herald (Washington, DC), May 2, 1909, Page 4, Image 44, col.1.
"Modern Marathons"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), May 8, 1909, Image 4, col. 7.
"How Famous Marathon Race Originated from Battle Victory"
Evening Bulletin (Honolulu, HI), May 15, 1909, Page 10, Image 10, col.1-4.
"List for Marathon Numbers Now 65"
Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 1, 1909, Page 12, Image 12, col. 5-6.
"Emory B. Ensor, Washington, Wins Intercity Marathon"
Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 12, 1909, Image 1, col. 1-5.

Boston Marathon and the Nationwide Marathon Craze: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America