Milwaukee Curling Club

Milwaukee Curling Club
Milwaukee Curling Club
Location 10823 North River Road, Mequon, Wisconsin, 50392
Information
Established 1845
USCA region Wisconsin Curling Association
Sheets of ice Four
Rock colors Red and Yellow         
Website www.milwaukeecurlingclub.com

The Milwaukee Curling Club, now based in Mequon, Wisconsin, is the longest continually operating curling club in the United States. It was founded in Milwaukee in 1845[1] by Scotch emigrants, including Alexander Mitchell (later elected "patron" of the Grand National Curling Club).[2]

References

  1. ^ Gidley, John M. Curling Superiority!: A History of Superior Wisconsin's Championship Curling. Superior, Wisconsin: Savage Press, 2000; p. 21
  2. ^ Kerr, John. The History of Curling and Fifty Years of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1890; p. 343

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