We, on the contrary, have avowed and still avow our belief that the velocipede, as now improved, is destined to mark an era in the history of vehicles, an era that will last long after present ...

Smith, of this city, who claims that the so-called French velocipede is an American invention, perfected in this city, and introduced into France by patent, and personally by himself. It appears ...

French-born Pierre Lallement patented his "velocipede" in the US in 1866 One autumn day in 1865, two men sat in a tavern in Ansonia, Connecticut, calming their nerves with a few stiff drinks.