Early baseball in Alabama/Club 10

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Location Alabama
Year 1868
Month 6
Modern address Prattville AL
City Prattville
State AL
Found by Bruce Allardice

The New York Herald, June 9, 1868, reported that “the young men of Prattsville [sic], Ala. Have organized a club for baseball…”

Prattville AL (pop.in 1900 was 1300, now is about 34,000) is about 80 miles S of Birmingham and about 10 miles NW of Montgomery.

Sources

New York Herald, June 9, 1868

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