Early baseball in Arkansas/Club 27
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Location | Arkansas |
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Year | 1875 |
Modern address | Laurenceville AR |
City | Laurenceville |
State | AR |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Daily Arkansas Gazette, May 23, 1875, notes “They have caught the base ball fever in Monroe County. Laurenceville and Indian Bay each have a club.”
Laurenceville is about 70 miles E of Little Rock; one website calls it "a populated place in Monroe County." Indian Bay is listed the same way.
Sources
Daily Arkansas Gazette, May 23, 1875