Wyoming Bowling Center History

Maple-Way Bowling Alley, Casper WY

Status:	Dead
Opened:	193?
Closed:	1945
Names:	Maple-Way Bowling Alley (193? - 1945)
# of Lanes:	? (193? - 1945)
Lane Surface:	Wood (193? - 1945)
Pinsetters:	? (193? - 1945)
Factoids:	Elmer Haggerty and S B Tunks were the owners/managers in 1932 located inside the P & R Building per the Polk and Ives Directories. S. R. Tunks and wife May lived at 237 N Grant St. John W Aleff was the manager/owner of the lanes per the 1939-40 Ives Business Directory. John M Aleff was the manager/owner of the lanes per the 1941-42 Ives Business Directory. This alley was not referenced under 'Bowling Alleys' in the Casper 1945 Polk Directory. Today this address is a self-service storage warehouse.
Images:	Slip Stream Newspaper: 12-15-1943 AD, 01-12-1944 AD, 01-19-1944 AD Mountain States Phone Book: 1937-1938, 1938, 1939, 1939-1940, 1940 & 1941, 1937-1938, 1938, 1939, 1939-1940, 1940, 1941, 1942 & 1945, 1941 & Apr 1942, Nov 1942 & May 1945 Gusher High School Yearbook: 1932 Cover, 1932 Ad Mustang High School Yearbook: 1937 Cover, 1937 Photo Polk Directory (Casper): 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943 #1 #2 Ives Directory (Wyoming): 1932, 1937, 1939-40, 1941-42 Documents: 2016 National Register of Historic Places form Photos: June 2018 Google images, March 2023