Wyoming Bowling Center History

Veterans Administration Hospital #86 Alleys, Sheridan WY

Status:	Alive
Opened:	March 30, 1909
Closed:	N/A
Names:	Fort Mackenzie Alleys (March 30, 1909 - 19??) Veterans Administration Hospital #86 Alleys (19?? - present)
# of Lanes:	2 (March 30, 1909 - present)
Lane Surface:	Wood (March 30, 1909 - present)
Pinsetters:	? (March 30, 1909 - present)
Factoids:	Fort Mackenzie was established in 1898 as a U.S. Army outpost and abandoned on November 3, 1918, per Wikipedia. The fort bowlers participated in the first City Bowling league (modeled after the Denver Bowling league) during the 1911-1912 season at the Middleton alleys. The site was initially transferred to the Public Health Service in 1921 and from 1922 the site was used as a veterans hospital.
Images:	Cody Enterprise Newspaper: 11-29-1922 (Sheridan) Daily Enterprise Newspaper: 02-11-1910, 04-14-1910, 04-29-1910, 12-14-1910 #1 #2, 12-29-1910 Sheridan Daily Enterprise Newspaper: 10-23-1909, 11-14-1909 Sheridan Enterprise Newspaper: 12-04-1908, 05-07-1909, 06-04-1909 Sheridan Post Newspaper: 11-13-1908 to 11-27-1908 AD, 02-09-1909, 04-02-1909, 05-07-1909, 05-28-1909, 10-26-1909, 11-12-1909, 02-01-1910, 12-13-1910, 12-23-1910, 12-30-1910, 10-17-1911, 11-03-1911, 04-09-1912 Sheridan Post Enterprise Newspaper: 12-16-1924, 10-02-1927 Wyoming Tribune Newspaper: 12-17-1910 2022 Images (Credit Barry Amende): 2022 Exterior Sign, Exterior Bldg #1, Exterior Bldg #2, Interior #1, Interior #2, Photo #1, Photo #2, SPCR #1, SPCR #2