Early baseball in Missouri/Club 6
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Location | Missouri |
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Year | 1869 |
Month | 10 |
Modern address | Charleston MO |
City | Charleston |
State | MO |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The picked nine of the Charleston BBC went to Hickman, KY to play the local team, winning 59-25. Charleston Courier Oct. 8, 1869, cited in Obion Origins, August 2004.
Charleston MO (current pop. about 4700) is about 150 miles SE of St. Louis near the Kentucky border and about 50 miles W of Paducah KY. Hickman KY (current pop. about 2,500)is near the SW corner of Kentucky.
Sources
Charleston Courier Oct. 8, 1869