Early baseball in Iowa/Club 6
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Location | Iowa |
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Year | 1867 |
Month | 6 |
Date | 8 |
State | IA |
Country | US |
Nickname | Mechanics |
Found by | Jeff Kittel |
On June 8th, the Mechanics’ Base Ball Club completed an organization. Its officers were: A.R. Fulton, president; A.R. Byrkit, vice president; C.S. Byrkit, secretary; S.E. Bigelow, treasurer; and W.L. Daggett, John D. Rider and Henry Vote, directors.
Jefferson County IA is in the SE sector of the state. Its county seat is Fairfield and its 2010 population is about 17,000.
Sources
History of Jefferson County, Iowa: a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; Fulton, Charles J.; S.J. Clarke Publishing Company; 1914; pp 385-386