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Two Laramie residents, Germaine (Jezewski) St. Mapleway continued for the next 20 years at that location.īefore the advent of automatic machines in the 1950s, young kids were hired as pin setters. Mapleway had a dance hall upstairs, and, downstairs, a café managed by Bernard Nelson, and a bowling alley. while owned by partners Elmer Lovejoy and Gary F.

which eventually expanded into 410 and 414 S. In 1937 he changed the name to Mapleway Amusement Co. First St., and Rex Billiard Parlor at 121 Ivinson Ave.īy 1926, Elmer Lovejoy, famed for promoting bicycles and for building Laramie’s first auto, converted his former bicycle repair shop into “Lovejoy Novelty Works” at 408 S. Added in 1928 were Headquarters Pool Hall at 215 S. Mecca at 117 Thornburgh (later Ivinson Ave.) Pastime at 213 S. 1st Laramie (or Wyoming) Pool Hall at 217 S. In addition to the Brunswick there were: Albert Erickson’s at 520 S. Laramie’s City Directory for 1926 lists seven billiard halls, possibly with bowling. Its proprietor in the 1920s was Charles Rauner by 1937 managers were Harry Small and William Ames. Brunswick, an Ohio company, began by making pool and billiard tables in the 1840s.īrunswick branched out into bowling equipment in the 1880s.That alley continued in Laramie for at least 30 years, until 1949. In 1919, the Boomerang advertised for pin boys wanted at the Brunswick Bowling Alley. 2nd St., where Quilt Essentials shop is today. In 1915 there were 38 bowlers listed in the Men’s Bowling League, possibly hosted by Bath or the recently opened Brunswick Billiard Parlor at 314 S. It may have been separate from the bar, because women began to go there for the sport.īath sponsored teams and newspapers began reporting the results of Laramie’s team in other towns. However, in 1902, Paul Bath, 30-year old son of pioneer Fred Bath, opened a new bowling alley, probably in the basement of his bar and pool room on S. Most would have been in the many Laramie “pool halls.” One was in a Laramie’s employment agency, where men passed time while waiting for temporary work. However, their trick didn’t work because “none of my balls ever reached the string,” said Nye.Īfter Enfield’s Laramie Bowling Alley closed in 1876, there were probably other alleys in Laramie associated with bars for the next 25 years, but they did not advertise so their locations are unknown. His hosts put a string in front of the pins so that his ball would be deflected.

In 1891, Bill Nye’s syndicated column in his former paper, the Boomerang, reported on a trick played on Nye when he tried bowling for the first time. “Ladies will have an opportunity to become adept in these healthful exercises,” said the Sentinel in 1878, reporting on a Cheyenne establishment that was planned to serve only coffee. His establishment became a hardware store by August of 1876 as announced Augin the Sentinel. He also offered beer, wine, liquors, and cigars. Sol Enfield advertised his “Laramie Bowling Alley” on 2nd St. Proprietors were fined $50 for anyone under the age of 15 attending, but only assessed if a parent complained. In 1874 the Laramie City Council began requiring licenses, charging $5 per quarter for each alley, billiard or pool table. “The most perfect order will be maintained,” the Sentinel newspaper reported on July 2, 1873, an indication that perhaps alcohol would not be served at Bath’s alleys. Possibly females could utilize the next Laramie bowling alley mentioned in the newspaper, established by Fred Bath in 1873 at the “Summer Garden,” near his brewery though the exact location was not given.

Kuster’s alleys were probably for men only.

For a few months in 1870 he advertised “Two good ten-pin alleys, free to patrons of the bar.” Laramie’s first bowling alley was in the “Theatre Saloon” leased by Charles Kuster on First St. Raucous betting among inebriated patrons meant the places were not for women. Dent-resistant maple wood was ideal for the indoor alleys, though in Europe the game may have originated to play outside on grass. They are still found in New England alleys.īut it’s the bottle-shaped ten-pin variety that became most popular in America-though at first only in bars and billiard halls. Tall and slender candlepins and short, squat duckpins are varieties that may have originated in Canada. Nine pin bowling, now with ten pins, originated in Europe and has been popular in America for more than 200 years.

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