The First Women to Cross the US on Solo Motorcycles
Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrived in Los Angeles on 8 September 1916
Sisters Augusta and Adeline Van Buren, descendants of Martin Van Buren, the eighth US president, crossed the United States on motorcycles in 1916, riding 5,500 miles in 60 days on hazardous roads. The previous year, Effie Hotchkiss had completed the same journey, with her mother, Avis, in a sidecar.
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