Early baseball in Oregon/Club 1

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Location	Oregon
Year	1866
City	Portland
State	OR
Country	US
Nickname	Pioneer Base Ball Club

"The Pioneer Base Ball Club, or Portland, Oregon, which, as its name indicates, is the first base ball club ever formed in that state, was organized June 2, 1866 . . . . There is also a club at Oregon City call the Clackamas Club. . . . . The Pioneer Club joined the National Association at its last convention, held December 12, 1866, it delegate being Robert H. Law."

Charles Peverelly, The Book of American Pastimes, page 497.