Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 6

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Location Tennessee
Year 1867
Month 7
Date 25
Modern address Fayetteville TN
City Fayetteville
State TN
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Fayetteville Observer, July 25, 1867, notes the formation of a baseball club in town, “composed of our most worthy young gentlemen.”

Fayetteville TN (current pop. about 7000)is about 90 miles W of Chattanooga. It is about 15 miles from the AL border and about 30 miles N of Huntsville AL.

Sources

Fayetteville Observer, July 25, 1867

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