Early baseball in Virginia/Club 27

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Location Virginia
Year 1879
Modern address Woodstock VA
City Woodstock
State VA
Found by Bruce Allardice

“The main street of Woodstock… has been converted into a base ball ground, by the boys of the town.” Woodstock Shenandoah Herald, May 7, 1879.

Woodstock VA (current pop. about 5,000) is about 90 miles W of Washington DC.

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Woodstock Shenandoah Herald, May 7, 1879.

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