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November 9, 1896
On a Donkey to the Pacific
This article from the New York Tribune, dated November 9, 1896, was perhaps the first article announcing the wager (and its loss by Woodward).

November 25, 1896
Joke On The Humorist
This article is from The Citizen, dated November 25, 1896.

November 28, 1896
On The Way To 'Frisco
This article is from The Citizen, dated November 28, 1896.

September, 1899
The Strand Magazine
This article, written by R. Pitcher Woodward and replete with his own photographs of the journey, appeared in the September, 1899 issue of The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly best known for first publishing the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.

Sometime in 1995
A contribution from Springville, Utah
Mr. Steven Haderlie, a gentleman from Springville, UT, visited our website and sent along the following text copied from an article that appeared sometime in 1995 in an issue of the Springville Herald.

August 19, 1996
The AP Story of August 19, 1996
This article, written by David Kligman, was printed in many papers throughout North America. This is the version that ran in The Salt Lake Tribune.

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