Early baseball in Michigan/Club 3

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Location Michigan
Year 1867
Modern address Port Huron MI
City Port Huron
State MI
Country US
Nickname Welkin Base Ball Club

"The [current vintage club] Port Huron Welkins are based on Port Huron's first base ball club (the Welkiins) formed in 1867."

Source: Online, at the Welkin BBC's apparel page, accessed 2/262010 via Google Web search (welkin "port huron" "dry goods").

Port Huron (1860 pop. about 4,400; 1870 pop. about 6,000)is on Lake Huron near the Ontario Border and about 50 miles NE of Detroit.

Sources

The Welkin BBC's apparel page, accessed 2/26 via Google Web search (welkin "port huron" "dry goods").

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