Early baseball in South Carolina/Club 20
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Location | South Carolina |
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Year | 1878 |
Modern address | Pickens SC |
City | Pickens Court House |
State | SC |
Nickname | Peerless |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Pickens Keowee Courier, February 7, 1878, reports that the two nines of the Peerless Base Ball Club played a game here, “last Saturday,” with “many of the ladies of the town present.”
Pickens SC (formerly Pickens Court House - current pop. about 3000) is about 20 miles W of Greenville SC.
Sources
The Pickens Keowee Courier, February 7, 1878