Milwaukee Curling Club
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The Milwaukee Curling Club, now based in Mequon, Wisconsin
, is the longest continually operating curling
club in the United States. It was founded in Milwaukee in 1845 by Scotch emigrants, including Alexander Mitchell
(later elected "patron" of the Grand National Curling Club
).
Mequon, Wisconsin
Mequon is a city in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. It had a population of 21,823 at the 2000 census, and an estimated population of 23,739 in July 2009...
, is the longest continually operating curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
club in the United States. It was founded in Milwaukee in 1845 by Scotch emigrants, including Alexander Mitchell
Alexander Mitchell (politician)
Alexander Mitchell was a Scottish-born banker, railroad financier and Democratic politician in Milwaukee.He was born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and immigrated to the United States in 1839...
(later elected "patron" of the Grand National Curling Club
Grand National Curling Club
The Grand National Curling Club, also known as the GNCC, is the union of curling clubs in New England and the Mid-Atlantic of the United States. It was established in 1867...
).