MILFORD, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man is biking his way over the route the Ponca people were forced to march from Nebraska to Oklahoma in 1877.David Fikar tells the Lincoln Journal Star that the trip has been hard, but nothing as difficult as the tornadoes and floods that faced the Ponca 138 years ago.
Fikar, a retired registered nurse, began his journey September 7th in Niobrara. Except for a weeklong break, he has been riding his mountain bike south ever since. He had made it as far as Milford by Wednesday and planned to head to Beatrice before taking the winter off and resuming the ride in the spring.
Fikar says a Chief Standing Bear medallion given to him in 2009 sparked his interest in the trip.
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