Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 1
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Revision as of 19:33, 8 April 2010
Spread of baseball: Home -> Minnesota -> Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 1 |
Location | Minnesota |
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Year | 1858 |
Month | 12 |
Date | 1 |
City | Saint Paul |
State | MN |
Country | US |
Nickname | Olympics Base Ball Club |
Found by | Rich Arpi |
Founding date is from a book published in Minnesota in 1890. The club had a number of games covered in the St. Paul newspapers in 1859. The first captain was Samuel Pierce Jennison, later a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army.