Friday, April 23, 2021

Fred Sheets, 15, Walking from Toledo, Ohio, to Fayetteville to Visit His Brother at Camp Bragg, April 32, 1921

Boy on Hike From Ohio to Camp Bragg

Twenty days’ hiking along the road, with but two nights’ sleep in a bed, has been the experience of Fred Sheets, aged 15, according to his statement here Friday as he passed through Charlotte enroute to Fayetteville on an “ankle express” expedition form Toledo, Ohio, to that place. He said he was going to greet his brother at Fayetteville, a soldier at Camp Bragg, befor ehe slept Friday night.

Young Sheets stated that he had not walked the entire distance from Toledo to Charlotte, but had been given a “lift” at various times by passing automobiles.

The youngster talked well and showed signs of a cultured home life.

From The Charlotte News, Saturday, April 23, 1921

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