Early baseball in Iowa/Club 6
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Location | Iowa |
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Year | 1867 |
Month | 6 |
Date | 8 |
State | Iowa |
Country | Buchanan |
Nickname | Mechanics |
Found by | Jeff Kittel |
On June 8th, the Mechanics’ Base Ball Club completed an organization. Its officers were: A.R. Fulton, president; A.R. Byrkit, vice president; C.S. Byrkit, secretary; S.E. Bigelow, treasurer; and W.L. Daggett, John D. Rider and Henry Vote, directors.
Sources
History of Jefferson County, Iowa: a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; Fulton, Charles J.; S.J. Clarke Publishing Company; 1914; pp 385-386