Early baseball in Nebraska/Club 1

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Location Nebraska
Year 1870
Month 7
Date 16
Modern address Dakota City NE
City Dakota City
State NE
Country US

"The first base ball club in the county [Dakota County] was organized at Dakota City on July 16, 1870 . . . . For years the club was recognized as one of the best in northeastern Nebraska . . . ."

Dakota City NE is about 5 miles south of Sioux City SD and about 85 miles N of Omaha on the Missouri River.

Sources

M. M. Warner, Warner's History of Dakota County, Nebraska (Mirror, Dakota City, 1893), pages 158-159. Accessed 3/1/10 via Google Books search ("warner's history").

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