Early baseball in Wyoming/Game 2
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|Team2=Laramie Club | |Team2=Laramie Club | ||
|Submitter=Bruce Allardice | |Submitter=Bruce Allardice | ||
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|Pagetext=The Cheyenne Leader, April 30, 1868, printed a letter "From Fort Fetterman, April 17, 1868...a big base ball match was played a few weeks since, resulting in favor of the Accomodation Club over the Laramie Club." Presumably the two teams were made up of the soldiers at the post, and/or the post sutlers, Indian agents, etc. | |Pagetext=The Cheyenne Leader, April 30, 1868, printed a letter "From Fort Fetterman, April 17, 1868...a big base ball match was played a few weeks since, resulting in favor of the Accomodation Club over the Laramie Club." Presumably the two teams were made up of the soldiers at the post, and/or the post sutlers, Indian agents, etc. | ||
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| + | From Wikipedia: "Fort Fetterman was a wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army on the Great Plains frontier in the Dakota Territory approximately 11 miles northwest of present-day Douglas, Wyoming." | ||
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| + | Douglas WY is about 55 miles E of Casper WY. Laramie WY is about 125 miles S of Douglas. | ||
|Sources=Cheyenne Leader, April 30, 1868 | |Sources=Cheyenne Leader, April 30, 1868 | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:44, 6 September 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Wyoming -> Early baseball in Wyoming/Game 2 |
| Location | Wyoming |
|---|---|
| Year | 1868 |
| City | Fort Fetterman |
| State | WY |
| Country | |
| Modern address | Douglas WY |
| Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
| Played by | Non-locals |
| Team 1 | Accommodation Club |
| Team 2 | Laramie Club |
| First in Wyoming | Yes |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Cheyenne Leader, April 30, 1868, printed a letter "From Fort Fetterman, April 17, 1868...a big base ball match was played a few weeks since, resulting in favor of the Accomodation Club over the Laramie Club." Presumably the two teams were made up of the soldiers at the post, and/or the post sutlers, Indian agents, etc.
From Wikipedia: "Fort Fetterman was a wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army on the Great Plains frontier in the Dakota Territory approximately 11 miles northwest of present-day Douglas, Wyoming."
Douglas WY is about 55 miles E of Casper WY. Laramie WY is about 125 miles S of Douglas.
Sources
Cheyenne Leader, April 30, 1868
