Iowa
Old Press
Bellevue Leader
Bellevue, Jackson co., Iowa
March 18, 1879
L. B. POTTER
Mr. L. B. Potter, living four miles out of town is the wealthiest
man in the county, and has perhaps walked more miles than any
other man in Iowa. He says that for 37 years he has walked into
Bellevue and home again, on an average 350 times every year. And
as the round distance, we find that he has walked 2,800 miles
each year, or 100,600 miles in 37 years. Mr. Potter is the owner
of fine horses, buggies and carriages, but prefers to go afoot.
He never attempted to ride anything in his life except a mule,
which pitched him into a mud hole, and since that time he has had
no disposition to travel on horse or mule back or cared to ride
behind them unless another driver had charge of them.
[transcribed by K.W., April 2011]