Wyoming Bowling Center History

Douglas Bowling Alley, Douglas WY

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Status: Dead
Opened: Aug 1903
Closed: 1908
Names: Douglas Bowling Alley (Aug 1903 - 1908)
# of Lanes: 2 (Aug 1903 - 1908)
Lane Surface: Wood (Aug 1903 - 1908)
Pinsetters: Handset (Aug 1903 - 1908)
Factoids: Messrs. Hardenbrook & William Hubbell install two standard length Brunswick-Balke-Collender bowling alleys in August 1903.
William Hubbell purchases Hardenbrook's interest in the bowling alley in January 1905.
Charles H Wormwood was the proprietor of the lanes starting in late 1905 and is mentioned in the 1906-07 Ives Business Directory.
B. Belzer leases the bowling alley from the Wormwood brothers in November 1906.
Charles Lewellen was the manager and/or owner of the lanes per the 1908 Polk Gazetteer Wyoming State Business Directory.
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