Early baseball in Iowa/Club 4
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Location | Iowa |
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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.