Early baseball in Iowa/Club 4

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Location	Iowa
Year	1864
Month	4
Date	29
City	Independence
State	IA
Country	US
Found by	Jeff Kittel

The first baseball club organized in Independence was on April 29, 1864, at the office of J.M. Weart, who was the leading spirit in the enterprise.

Sources

History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 1; Chappell, Harry Church and Katharyn Joella Allen Chappell; S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1914; p 589.