Newspaper clipping from Altoona Tribune August 22, 1894

In 1892, the Wopsononock Resort owners added a bowling alley on the mountain. It was popular as tournaments were held and the local newspapers followed the competitions.

Newspaper clipping from Altoona Tribune August 24, 1894
Newspaper clipping from Altoona Tribune August 25, 1894
Newspaper clipping from Altoona Tribune August 23, 1894

Little else is known about the bowling alley in later years. Newspaper accounts following the Wopsy Hotel fire in 1903 mention every structure that was destroyed, but the bowling alley was described as “the old bowling alley having succumbed years before.”

Newspaper clipping from Altoona Tribune August 19, 1898