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1984: NSHS launches first TIGER bicycle ride

Compiled by Erin M. Gentz
Posted 8/7/24

Aug. 8, 1984: Several North Scott area communities were getting ready to welcome cyclists from across the state, as the first-ever Tour Iowa’s Greater Region (TIGER) bicycle ride was set to take off from North Scott High School, enroute to Cornell College in Mount Vernon. Approximately 500 cyclists were expected to take part in the ride, which would also travel through Donahue and Dixon before going through Tipton. After a night in Mount Vernon, the route would head north to Anamosa, before tracking back through Lost Nation and Grand Mound and ending back in Eldridge.

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