Early baseball in Nevada/Club 1

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Location	Nevada
Year	1870
Month	3
Modern address	Elko NV
City	Elko
State	NV
First in Nevada	Yes
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Owyhee Avalanche of Ruby City, Idhao, March 19, 1870, reports: "Elko has a base ball club, numbering twenty-five members."

Elko NV (1870 pop. about 1200)is about 300 miles SW of Carson City NV and 250 miles W of Salt Lake City UT.

Sources

The Owyhee Avalanche of Ruby City, Idhao, March 19, 1870