Early baseball in Missouri/Club 7

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Location Missouri
Year 1866
Month 8
Modern address Chillicothe MO
City Chillicothe
State MO
Nickname Empire
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Leavenworth (KS) Bulletin Aug. 14, 1866: "The Empire Base Ball Club of Chillicothe is the champion club of North Missouri."

Chillicothe MO (current pop. about 9500) is about 90 miles NE of Kansas City MO and about 70 miles E of St. Joseph MO.

Sources

The Leavenworth (KS) Bulletin Aug. 14, 1866

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