History article written for the GFHS website,Boys on their Bikes
Summer has finally arrived in the Pacific
Northwest (if briefly) and one sure Sign is
the number of motorcycles out on the
roads.
Frank Ashe opened City Cyclery, the first
store to sell motorcycles, in the location
where Mark's Country Store sits today on
Stanley St.
Pictured in front of the original building in 1 ‘_ . A.“ ~
1914 are 22 Granite Falls young men, all r ' i). r' ‘1
riding Excelsior motorcycles (sold by Ashe at k -, 1|" " t
' , >
that time, along with Model T Fords). The " \ __.V ‘-“\j i; 9 ,y
A at ’
Ashe brothers later built a more modern , C C C G C
building on that same site, which today is I _
Mark’s Country Store.
Granite guys preferred Excelsiors from City Cyclery»
Their counterparts in Everett, while riding a
few Excelsiors, favored Indian motorcycles.
Use your smartphone to read more about the
Ashe Brothers.
, Accession/Object ID: No accession number, Object Name: , Title: "Back in the Day" article, Author: Fred Cruger, Description: History article written for the GFHS website, Date: , OCR Text: Boys on their Bikes
Summer has finally arrived in the Pacific
Northwest (if briefly) and one sure Sign is
the number of motorcycles out on the
roads.
Frank Ashe opened City Cyclery, the first
store to sell motorcycles, in the location
where Mark's Country Store sits today on
Stanley St.
Pictured in front of the original building in 1 ‘_ . A.“ ~
1914 are 22 Granite Falls young men, all r ' i). r' ‘1
riding Excelsior motorcycles (sold by Ashe at k -, 1|" " t
' , >
that time, along with Model T Fords). The " \ __.V ‘-“\j i; 9 ,y
A at ’
Ashe brothers later built a more modern , C C C G C
building on that same site, which today is I _
Mark’s Country Store.
Granite guys preferred Excelsiors from City Cyclery»
Their counterparts in Everett, while riding a
few Excelsiors, favored Indian motorcycles.
Use your smartphone to read more about the
Ashe Brothers.
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