Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 14
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|Pagetext=Paper of July 5th covers a game of the previous Sunday (July 1) between the East Side Maroons and the Tower Baseball Club. The Maroons won 23-12. Other matches were covered that summer. | |Pagetext=Paper of July 5th covers a game of the previous Sunday (July 1) between the East Side Maroons and the Tower Baseball Club. The Maroons won 23-12. Other matches were covered that summer. | ||
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First iron ore mine in Minnesota was the Tower-Soudan mine which sent its first shipment of iron ore to Two Harbors in 1884. Tower was the locale of the brief Lake Vermilion gold rush of 1865-1868. | First iron ore mine in Minnesota was the Tower-Soudan mine which sent its first shipment of iron ore to Two Harbors in 1884. Tower was the locale of the brief Lake Vermilion gold rush of 1865-1868. | ||
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|Sources=Vermilion Iron Journal, Thursday, July 5, 1888 (Tower, Minnesota) | |Sources=Vermilion Iron Journal, Thursday, July 5, 1888 (Tower, Minnesota) | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:40, 17 October 2012
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Location | Minnesota |
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Year | 1888 |
Month | 7 |
Date | 1 |
City | Tower |
State | MN |
Country | USA |
Nickname | Tower Baseball Club |
Found by | Rich Arpi |
Paper of July 5th covers a game of the previous Sunday (July 1) between the East Side Maroons and the Tower Baseball Club. The Maroons won 23-12. Other matches were covered that summer.
First iron ore mine in Minnesota was the Tower-Soudan mine which sent its first shipment of iron ore to Two Harbors in 1884. Tower was the locale of the brief Lake Vermilion gold rush of 1865-1868.
The first intra-city matches involving Tower and Ely and Two Harbors started around 1890 (more research needs to be done).
Census high for Tower was 1,366 in 1900.
Sources
Vermilion Iron Journal, Thursday, July 5, 1888 (Tower, Minnesota)