photograph of Elk Inn and the Elkin Bicycle Club members in front. Elkin Bicycle Club, 1896. Left to right: Mason Lillard, Gordon Madison, Lon Reeves, Will Bell, Frank Tharpe, W. Gilbert, Taylor, J. Hendren, Thede Harris, Willie Click, Grace Gwyn, Bertha Bell, Kate Gwyn, Waler Bell, Finley Ball, John Roth, Tom Lillard, N. Tharpe, John Minish, Lem Shover. Members are in front of the old Elk Inn. Note the wooden plank sidewalk. Courtesy of the Surry County Historical Society.