Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 13

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Location	West Virginia
Year	1866
City	Parkersburg
State	West Virginia
Nickname	Olympic, Blennerhassett
Found by	Bruce Allardice

William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000" p. 10 says that in 1866 residents of Parkersburg formed the Olympic BBC and the Blennerhassett BBC.

Parkersburg WV is about 90 miles SW of Wheeling.

Sources

William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000"