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Bowling Becomes Popular in El Paso

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Bowling Becomes Popular in El Paso

August 20, 2026

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Bowling had become a growing pastime in El Paso by 1901, with three active clubs sharing the same alleys. The oldest was the Deutscher Kegel Verein, organized in 1887, which purchased property at Santa Fe and Second streets and built a two-story brick clubhouse in 1889 with a Brunswick-Balke double…

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