Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 11

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Location	New York (state)
Year	1858
Note on date	Date is speculative; 1859 at latest
City	New Windsor
State	NY
Country	US
Nickname	Highlands

"The Newburghs was the name of the first base ball club of a representative character. . . . Their particular rivals were the Highlands, of New Windsor . . . . The ball grounds of the Newburghs were in the field at the corner of South and Johnston Streets. The home plate was in the shade of a willow tree at the south end."

J. Nutt, compiler, Newburgh: Her Institutions, Industries Leading Citizens (Ritchie and Hull, Newburgh, 1891), page 328.

New Windsor NY is about 2 miles south of Newburgh and on the Hudson River. It is about 55 miles N or NYC.