Early baseball in Louisiana/Club 5

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Location	Louisiana
Year	1867
Month	12
Note on date	No later than December 1867
Modern address	Baton Rouge LA
City	Baton Rouge
State	LA
Country	US
Nickname	Capitol, Red Stick
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The New Orleans Times, December 27, 1867 mentions the Capitol and Red Stick Base Ball Clubs of Baton Rouge.

Baton Rouge (pop. about 230,000) is about 75 miles NW of New Orleans.

Sources

New Orleans Times, December 27, 1867