Early baseball in Kansas/Club 11

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Location	Kansas
Year	1870
City	<lost city>
State	KS
Country	US
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Harold Evans, "Baseball in Kansas, 1867-1940," Kansas Historical Quarterly v. 9, issue 2 (1940) says Marais des Cygnes formed a BBC in 1870.

The "Marais des Cygnes Massacre" was a raid into KS and killing of 5 Kansans in 1858. Several places in Kansas are named in tribute, but there is apparently no current KS town with that name. The Marais des Cygnes Valley is about 80 miles SW of Kansas City KS.

Sources

Harold Evans, "Baseball in Kansas, 1867-1940," Kansas Historical Quarterly v. 9, issue 2 (1940)