Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 11
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Location | West Virginia |
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Year | 1868 |
City | Farmington |
State | WV |
Nickname | Excelsior |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000" p. 14 says that Farmington formed the Excelsior BBC in 1868.
Farmington WV(current pop. under 400) is about 20 miles SW of Morgantown.
Sources
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000"