Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 2

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Location	West Virginia
Year	1866
Month	11
City	Harpers Ferry
State	West Virginia
Found by	Bruce Allardice

In Nov. 1866 the Harpers Ferry Club played the Hagerstown Scientifics.

Harpers Ferry WV is about 25 miles S of Hagerstown MD.

Sources

W. Harrison Daniel, “The Rage in the Hill City: The Beginnings of Baseball in Lynchburg,” Virginia Cavalcade, Spring 1979