Early baseball in Texas/Club 22

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Location	Texas
Year	1861
Month	4
Date	11
Modern address	Houston TX
City	Houston
State	TX
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Houston Base Ball Club was formed April 11, 1861, the day before the firing on Fort Sumter.[Houston Weekly Telegraph, April 11, 1861]

Sources

Houston Weekly Telegraph, April 11, 1861