Duluth Curling Club Posts

Duluth Trivia Deck Sampler #30: Winter Sports Edition

Another trivia card from a board game purchased at Savers.

Duluth Curling Club on the Shores of Lake Superior

This undated photo shows the old Duluth Curling Club perched on a bluff at the shore of Lake Superior. The building at 1338 London Road stood from 1913 to 1984. More Duluth Curling Club history can be found in “Postcards from the Duluth Curling Club.”

Some Duluth Jobbers (Curlers) History

This handsome photo of the 1913 curling club off London Road comes from the Duluth Commercial Club annual report from 1918.

Yeah, we didn’t get our paper this morning either. What to read? (I like to pretend the internet doesn’t exist on snow days.) So as we bask in curling gold from South Korea, enjoy a little history of one of Duluth’s most ancient organized sports.

Duluth Curling Club team takes Olympic gold


 

Duluth News Tribune: Duluth Curling Club erupts as U.S. men’s curling takes the gold

MPR: “Chisholm’s John Shuster leads U.S. men’s curling to first Olympic gold

Postcards from the Duluth Curling Club

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Duluth Curling & Skating Club was organized in 1891, with the first stone thrown Christmas Day on the ice of Lake Superior. The club moved from rink to rink until its first building opened in 1913.