Ramsey County History – Winter 1996: “Bonspiels, Skips, Rinks, Brooms, and Heavy Ice: The St. Paul Curling Club and its Century-old History”

Year
1996
Volume
30
Issue
4
Creators
Jane McClure
Topics

Bonspiels, Skips, Rinks, Brooms, and Heavy Ice: The St. Paul Curling Club and its Century-old History

Author: Jane McClure

The first documented curling match in St. Paul took place Christmas Day 1885 on the Mississippi River downtown. The St. Paul Curling Club, located now on Selby Avenue in a building designed by Clarence Johnston, incorporated seven weeks earlier in 1885, it is today the largest such club in the United States. This is its story.

PDF of McClure article

Year
1996
Volume
30
Issue
4
Creators
Jane McClure
Topics