Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 19

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Location	Minnesota
Year	1867
Month	7
Date	10
City	Lake City
State	Minnesota
Country	USA
Nickname	Union Base Ball Club
Found by	Rich Arpi

Base Ball Club -- The "Union Base Ball Club" of Lake City was organized on the 10th instant by the election of the following officers: President: G.S. Haseltine. Vice President: W.J. Hahn. Secretary: S.E. Vantine. Treasurer: W.D. Woodman. Directors: H.F. Williamson, S.R. Merrill, C.M. Amsbry.

The first play is to come off this evening at five. Grounds below G.C. Stout's....

article continues on at comments on the proposed tour of the North Star Base Ball Club of St. Paul of the river town of Minnesota later in the summer.

Sources

The Lake City Leader, July 13, 1867