Early baseball in West Virginia/Game 1

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Location	West Virginia
Year	1866
State	WV
Country	US
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Locals

A 2006 book evidently indicates that the first base ball game in West Virginia took place in 1866.

The book is William Akin. West Virginia Baseball: A History (McFarland, 2006).