Early baseball in Vermont/Club 8
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Location | Vermont |
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Year | 1867 |
Note on date | No Later than September 1867 |
City | Montpelier |
State | VT |
Nickname | Rural |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The St. Johnsbury Caledonian, Sept. 27, 1867, reports on a base ball tournament recently held and mentions the following teams: Ethan Allen of Marshfield; Caledonia of Danville; Olympic of Morrisville; Union of St. Johnsbury; and Rural of Montpelier.
Montpelier VT (1860 pop. about 2,500;1870 pop. about3,000) is about 40 miles SE of Burlington in central VT.
Sources
The St. Johnsbury Caledonian, Sept. 27, 1867