Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 8

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Location	West Virginia
Year	1866
City	Shepherdstown
State	WV
Nickname	Potomac
Found by	Bruce Allardice

William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000" p. 10 says Shepherdstown formed the Potomac BBC in 1866.

Shepherdstown WV (1880 pop. about 1,500) is is eastern WV and about 20 miles S of Hagerstown MD.

Sources

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