Early baseball in Iowa/Club 1

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Location	Iowa
Year	1872
City	Castana
State	IA
Country	US
Found by	Larry McCray

"The first base ball club was organized here by Geo. W. Penn in 1872."

History of Monona County, Iowa (National Publishing, Chicago, 1890), page 238.

Castana is in western IA, about 35 miles N of Omaha NE.