Early baseball in Nevada/Club 4
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|Pagetext=The Virginia City "Territorial Enterprise", Sept. 2, 1874: "Base Ball--A match game of base-ball was played at Carson on Sunday afternoon [Aug. 30] between the Silver Stars of that City and the O'Shaughnesseys of Virginia..." | |Pagetext=The Virginia City "Territorial Enterprise", Sept. 2, 1874: "Base Ball--A match game of base-ball was played at Carson on Sunday afternoon [Aug. 30] between the Silver Stars of that City and the O'Shaughnesseys of Virginia..." | ||
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| + | Virginia City NV (1870 pop. about 7,000; 1880 pop. about 11,000) is about 10 miles NE of Carson City. Its current pop is about 850. | ||
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| + | Carson City NV (1870 pop. about 3,000; 1880 pop. about 4,200)is about 360 miles NW of Las Vegas and about 125 NE of Sacramento CA. | ||
|Sources=Virginia City "Territorial Enterprise", Sept. 2, 1874 | |Sources=Virginia City "Territorial Enterprise", Sept. 2, 1874 | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:34, 11 September 2012
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| Location | Nevada |
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| Year | 1874 |
| City | Virginia City |
| State | NV |
| Nickname | O'Shaughnesseys |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Virginia City "Territorial Enterprise", Sept. 2, 1874: "Base Ball--A match game of base-ball was played at Carson on Sunday afternoon [Aug. 30] between the Silver Stars of that City and the O'Shaughnesseys of Virginia..."
Virginia City NV (1870 pop. about 7,000; 1880 pop. about 11,000) is about 10 miles NE of Carson City. Its current pop is about 850.
Carson City NV (1870 pop. about 3,000; 1880 pop. about 4,200)is about 360 miles NW of Las Vegas and about 125 NE of Sacramento CA.
Sources
Virginia City "Territorial Enterprise", Sept. 2, 1874
