Milwaukee Curling Club

Milwaukee Curling Club
Location Ozaukee County Fairgrounds
W67 N890 Washington Avenue, Cedarburg, Wisconsin, 53012
Information
Established 1845
Club type Dedicated Ice
USCA region Wisconsin
Sheets of ice Five
Rock colors Red and Yellow         
Website www.milwaukeecurlingclub.com

The Milwaukee Curling Club, now based in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, is the longest continually operating curling club in the United States. It was founded in Milwaukee in 1845[1] by Scots 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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