(Exact locations unknown)
Dec. 1883 There was a skating rink in the northwest part of town between the B & M and Elkhorn tracks.
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Jan. 1884 The skating club appeared and asked permission to use the city hose to fill their pond.
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1884 The clerk was ordered to notify the proprietors of the skating rink that a license fee of $25 per year would be required while the same is used as a hall or place of amusement.
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June 1884 J. M. Lewis, William Merrill, and Bert Peyton built a building to be used as a skating rink south of the square. The building was 40 x 80.
July 1884 The skating rink was such a success that they had to order more skates and immediately built an additional sixty feet on the south end of the building.
Sept. 1884 W. R. Hitch purchased the interest of Bert Peyton in the skating rink.
Mar. 1886 Heavy snow broke the roof of the skating rink, but the proprietors fixed it and talked of fixing it up for an opera room.
May 1886 The skating rink was being used as a theater.
1886 The railroad hands rented the skating rink for three weeks to use as a boarding house while installing the tracks for the new railroad.
Dec. 1886 Thomas Ough moved the Geneva skating rink to the lot north of Judge Shickley’s residence and made it into a blacksmith shop. (179 So. 10th)
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Jan. 1894 J. W. Puckett started a skating rink west of 8th street and “is taking in more nickels than a charity ball and the youngsters are happy.”
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Jan. 1905 Cliff Hosack and Joe Morris put a floor in the old foundry building at 260 So. 7th and opened a skating rink.
Feb. 1905 A Valentine dance was held at the new skating rink with good music and an excellent floor.
Sept. 1905 Hosack and Morris sold their skating rink to Harry Klumb and Ed Terrel.
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1911 J. P. Johnson turned his roller skating rink into an ice rink.
Dec. 1915 J. P. Johnson closed his skating rink.
Jan. 1917 C. A. Wells leased the J. P. Johnson roller skating rink.
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1913 Wm. Kamler purchased the skating rink from C. W. Stransberry. He later moved the rink to York.
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May 1930 Maulsby’s skating rink had skating every night but Sunday. It was a portable rink that moved on after a couple of months.
July 1938 Maulsby Bros. were granted a permit to operate a roller skating rink.
Aug. 1938 Maulsby Bros. outdoor skating rink was brought to Geneva and set up south of the park.
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Jan. 1936 The municipal skating pond south of the Economy Paint Mills was used. (615 G)
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Dec. 1938 The city made a skating pond in the depression between the Burlington and Northwestern tracks west of Mrs. B. B. Ogg’s residence. Lights were to be installed. Possibly what was later known as the Boy’s Pond??
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Jan. 1940 The skating pond provided by the city was popular.
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Dec. 1958 The city provided a skating pond located in the draw west of the Meridian Courts.
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Dec. 1974 Construction was completed on an ice skating rink.
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