Early baseball in North Dakota/Club 9

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Location	North Dakota
Year	1873
Month	8
Date	10
Note on date	Game on August 10, 1873
Modern address	Bismarck, North Dakota
City	Bismarck
State	Dakota Territory
Country	USA
Nickname	D Company, 20th Infantry Base Ball Club
First in North Dakota	Yes
Found by	Terry Bohn

Team was comprised of soldiers from the Army post at nearby Fort Abraham Lincoln. Team was also referred to as the "Lincoln Nine"

Sources

Bismarck (North Dakota) Tribune, August 13, 1873