Morgan County Star | 1912-08-31 | Page 3 | When Roller Skates Came

when roller sk skates ates came roller holler skating which so ao many boys boy and girls enjoy to la of comparatively recent origin oriel it 1 la a said bald that wheeled skate skated were known 0 wn as aa far back an aa the eighteenth eteen t h cent century u ry but the tour four wheeled skate as aa we know it today was the invention ot of a new york er who introduced it in 1863 rapid improvement was made in wheels and bea bearings bearl ringi ngi the rollers were first made of 0 turned boxwood but these were torn so BO quickly that substitutes of harder border composition were invented hard rubber or paper wheels served for or several years but finally gave way to to iron and steel which with ball bearings have made the amusement ement very popular with the younger generation