Early baseball in Texas/Club 5

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Location Texas
Year 1878
Month 3
Modern address Beaumont TX
City Beaumont
State TX
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Galveston Daily News, May 3, 1878, has a May 2nd item from Beaumont regarding a picnic there that featured “base ball” and croquet.

Beaumont TX is about 75 miles E of Houston.

Sources

Galveston Daily News, May 3, 1878

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