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 "'Major' Taylor" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Marshall W. "Major" Taylor, Negro or colored cyclist, cycling wonder, colored wonder, bicycle race, colored rider, wheelman, League of American Wheelmen.
Search between years 1895-1910.
Sometimes his last name was spelled "Taylore."
Sometimes you will find articles referring cyclists by the nickname "cracks."

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Taylor Defeats Michael"
The Morning News (Savannah, GA), August 28, 1898, Page 7, col. 3.
"Meet of the Cyclists' Union"
The Evening Star (Washington, DC), October 3, 1898, Image 7, col. 6.
"Major Taylor"
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA), July 28, 1899, Image 2, col. 3.
"Remarkable Feat of Cyclist Taylor"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), August 4, 1899, Page 1, col. 2.
"The Six-Day Cycle Grind"
New York Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT), December 6, 1899, Image 6, col. 1.
"Taylor A Wonder"
The Silver Messenger (Challis, ID), May 14, 1901, Image 7, col. 1.
"Cycling"
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu, HI), May 28, 1901, Page 16, col. 3.
"Major Taylor Wins"
The Colored American (Washington, DC), October 5, 1901, Image 3.
"Taylor Here To-morrow"
The Daily Morning Journal (New Haven, CT), July 28, 1902, Image 8, col.1.
"It Is Unsportsmanlike"
The Colored American (Washington, DC), September 13, 1902, Image 8, col. 2.
"Taylor a Big Winner"
Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN), January 9, 1904, Page 4, Image 20.
"Revival of Cycle Racing"
Lewiston Evening Teller (Lewiston, ID), June 16, 1904, Image 2, col. 2.
"Champion Cyclist and His Sunday"
The Redwood Gazette (Redwood Falls, MN), June 20, 1906, Image 6, col. 3.
"Major Taylor's Victory"
Franklin's Paper The Statesman (Denver, CO), July 10, 1909, Image 13.
"Major Taylor Races Iver Lawson Tonight"
The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT), August 16, 1910, Image 10.

Champion Cyclist "Major" Taylor : Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America