Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 13

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Spread of baseball: Home -> West Virginia -> Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 13
Location West Virginia
Year 1866
City Parkersburg
State WV
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 (1860 pop. about 2,500; 1870 pop. about 5,500)is about 90 miles SW of Wheeling.

Sources

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

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