Early baseball in Oregon/Club 6
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Location | Oregon |
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Year | 1871 |
Month | 6 |
Date | 10 |
Note on date | Saturday, June 10, 1871 |
City | Jacksonville |
State | OR |
Country | USA |
Nickname | Unknown |
Found by | Mark Brunke |
Oregon Sentinel, Jacksonville, Oregon. June 10, 1871. BASE BALL- Our young men have organized a base ball club here, and propose to practice for an exhibition on the Fourth of July.
Jacksonville OR (current pop. about) is about 170 miles S of Eugene and 35 miles N of the CA border.
Sources
The Oregon Sentinel, Saturday, June 10, 1871.