Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 29
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Location | Tennessee |
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Year | 1867 |
Month | 5 |
Note on date | No Later than May 1867 |
City | Chattanooga |
State | TN |
Nickname | Mountain City |
In a Nashville Union and Dispatch article dated May 3, 1867 about a state convention of base ball players, the Mountain City Club is mentioned.
Chattanooga TN had a pop. of about 6,000 in 1870.
Sources
Nashville Union and Dispatch - May 3, 1867