Early baseball in Michigan/Club 53
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Spread of baseball: Home -> Michigan -> Early baseball in Michigan/Club 53 |
Location | Michigan |
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Year | 1866 |
Modern address | Paw Paw MI |
City | Paw Paw |
State | MI |
Country | US |
Nickname | Lafayette Club of Paw Paw |
Found by | Peter Morris |
The Lafayette Club of Paw Paw MI is listed as the first club in Van Buren County MI in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003). The Decatur Base Ball Club is also listed.
The village of Paw Paw MI (current pop. about 3,400) is about 150 miles W of Detroit and 15 miles W of Kalamazoo MI.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.