Wyoming Bowling Center History

Mapleway Bowling Center, Casper WY

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Status: Dead
Opened: 1945
Closed: 1951
Names: Mapleway Bowling Center (1945 - 1951)
# of Lanes: 8 (1945 - 1951)
Lane Surface: Wood (1945 - 1951)
Pinsetters: ? (1945 - 1951)
Factoids: Martin C. Sanders was the owner and/or manager per the 1945, 1949 & 1950 Polk and Rocky Mountain Directories.
Sandy Sanders was the owner and manager of the alleys per several 1950 Tribune-Herald articles.
Bill Rice and Jerry Smith buy the bowling center from M. C. (Sandy) Sanders on Sept 1, 1950.
In 1950, the 6th Annual Wyoming Women's State Bowling Tournament was held here.
In 2023, this address was a fitness training facility.
Images:
Casper Star Tribune Newspaper:
03-27-1968, 04-05-1968, 01-22-1969, 03-28-1969, 09-14-1969, 10-13-1969, 10-19-1969, 02-12-1970, 02-17-1970, 02-18-1970, 04-26-1970, 09-02-1970
Casper Tribune-Herald Newspaper:
01-01-1950 #1 #2, 01-03-1950 #1 #2, 01-04-1950 #1 #2 #3 AD, 01-05-1950 #1 #2 #3 #4, 01-06-1950 #1 #2 #3, 01-09-1950, 01-10-1950 #1 #2, 01-11-1950 #1 #2 AD, 01-12-1950 #1 #2, 01-13-1950 #1 #2 #3, 01-15-1950 #1 #2 #3, 01-16-1950 #1 #2 #3, 01-17-1950 #1 #2, 01-18-1950 #1 #2 #3 AD, 01-19-1950 #1 #2 #3, 01-20-1950 #1 #2 #3, 01-22-1950 #1 #2, 01-23-1950 #1 #2, 01-24-1950 #1 #2 #3, 01-25-1950 #1 #2 AD, 01-26-1950, 01-27-1950 #1 #2 #3, 01-29-1950 #1 #2 #3, 01-30-1950, 02-01-1950 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 AD, 02-02-1950 #1 #2 #3 #4, 02-03-1950 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5, 02-05-1950 #1 #2 #3, 02-06-1950 #1 #2, 02-07-1950 #1 #2, 02-08-1950 AD, 02-09-1950, 02-13-1950, 02-14-1950 #1 #2 #3 #4, 02-15-1950 #1 #2 #3 AD, 02-16-1950 #1 #2 #3 #4 Photo, 02-17-1950, 02-19-1950 #1 #2, 02-21-1950 #1 #2, 02-22-1950 #1 #2 #3 AD, 02-23-1950 #1 #2, 02-26-1950 #1 #2 #3 #4, 02-28-1950 #1 #2, 03-01-1950 #1 #2 AD, 03-02-1950 #1 #2 #3, 03-03-1950 #1 #2, 03-05-1950 #1 #2, 03-08-1950 #1 #2 #3 #4 AD, 03-09-1950 #1 #2, 03-10-1950, 03-12-1950 #1 #2 #3 #4, 03-14-1950, 03-15-1950 #1 #2, 03-19-1950 #1 #2, 03-21-1950 #1 #2 #3 #4, 03-22-1950 #1 #2 #3 AD #4 AD, 03-23-1950 #1 #2, 03-24-1950 #1 #2 #3, 03-26-1950 #1 #2 #3, 03-27-1950, 03-28-1950 #1 #2, 03-29-1950 #1 #2, 03-30-1950, 03-30-1950, 03-31-1950 #1 #2
Thunderbird College Yearbook:
1947 Cover, 1947 Ad, 1948 Cover, 1948 Ad, 1949 Cover, 1949 Ad, 1950 Cover, 1950 Ad
Mustang High School Yearbook:
1946 Cover, 1946 Ad, 1948 Cover, 1948 Ad, 1949 Cover, 1949 Ad, 1950 Cover, 1950 Ad, 1951 Cover, 1951 Ad #1
Mountain States Phone Book:
1946, 1949, 1950 & 1951, 1946, 1949, 1950 & 1951
Glenrocket Yearbook:
1946 Cover, 1946 Ad
Polk Directory (Casper):
1945, 1949 #1 #2 AD
Rocky Mountain Directory (Wyoming):
1950
Documents:
2016 National Register of Historic Places form
Photos:
June 2018 Google images, March 2023
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