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Milwaukee Curling Club
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Established1845
Sheets of iceFour
Websitewww.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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