Wyoming Bowling Center History

Overland Bowling Alley, Cheyenne WY

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Status: Dead
Opened: 190?
Closed: 19??
Names: Overland Bowling Alley (190? - 19??)
# of Lanes: ? (190? - 19??)
Lane Surface: Wood (190? - 19??)
Pinsetters: Handset (190? - 19??)
Factoids: Charles Bliss buys the alleys from Heenan & Miller in February 1904.
S B Rash was the manager of the lanes per a September 1906 article.
Peter Nelson was the proprietor of the lanes per a March 1907 advertisement.
Jno. Bray was the proprietor of the lanes per a June 1907 advertisement.
Fritz Nelson was the manager and/or owner of the lanes per the 1908 Polk Business Directory.
The bowling alley was removed from the Overland Billiard Hall in July 1910 making room for the billiard equipment and a saloon to be established at the old pool hall room.
This location is now the City Center Parking Garage.
Images:
Cheyenne Daily Leader Newspaper:
xx-xx-1904, xx-xx-1904, xx-xx-1904, 02-04-1904, 02-05-1904 #1 #2, 02-06-1904, 02-09-1904, 02-10-1904 #1 #2, 02-12-1904, 02-19-1904, 02-21-1904, 02-23-1904, 02-26-1904 #1 #2, 02-28-1904 #1 #2 #3, 03-18-1904, 04-01-1904 #1 #2, 04-02-1904, 04-03-1904 #1 #2 #3, 04-08-1904, 04-09-1904, 04-14-1904, 04-15-1904, 04-16-1904, 04-17-1904 #2 #3, 04-19-1904, 04-20-1904, 05-18-1904, 05-21-1904, xx-xx-1904, xx-xx-1904, xx-xx-1904, xx-xx-1904, 01-26-1905, xx-xx-1905, xx-xx-1905, xx-xx-1905, 03-03-1906, 09-22-1906, 10-09-1906 AD, 10-10-1906 AD, 03-10-1907 thru 05-26-1907 AD, 03-24-1909 thru 03-31-1909 AD
Cheyenne State Leader Newspaper:
11-14-1908, 12-02-1909 AD
The Laramie Republican Newspaper:
02-24-1904, 03-29-1904, 02-13-1906
Wyoming State Tribune Newspaper:
01-07-1907, 06-10-1907 thru xx-xx-1907 AD, 09-16-1918, 11-05-1918, 02-26-1919, 03-05-1919, 03-13-1919, 03-14-1919, 03-24-1919, 05-19-1919, 07-10-1919, 09-26-1919
Wyoming Tribune Newspaper:
xx-xx-1904, 02-08-1904, 02-11-1904, 02-12-1904, 02-20-1904 AD, 02-23-1904, 02-25-1904 #1 AD #2, 02-29-1904, 03-14-1904, 03-16-1904, 03-18-1904, 03-29-1904 #1 #2, 03-31-1904 04-02-1904, 04-07-1904 #1, 04-08-1904, 04-09-1904 #1 #2, 04-11-1904, 04-13-1904, 04-14-1904 #1 #2, 04-15-1904, 04-18-1904, 04-19-1904, 04-20-1904, 05-18-1904, xx-xx-1904, xx-xx-1904, xx-xx-1904, xx-xx-1904, 01-26-1905, 02-17-1905, xx-xx-1905, xx-xx-1905, xx-xx-1905, xx-xx-1905, xx-xx-1905, xx-xx-1905, xx-xx-1905, 01-25-1906, 02-08-1906, 02-09-1906, 02-10-1906, 02-23-1906, 05-19-1906, 09-21-1906 & 09-22-1906, 10-25-1906, 11-26-1906, 01-25-1910, 07-18-1910, 12-11-1917, 03-13-1918,
Lariat High School Yearbook (Cheyenne):
1904 & 1905
Ives Directory (Wyoming):
1906-07, 1908-09 #1 #2 #3 AD
Polk Directory (Wyoming and Idaho):
1908 #1 #2
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