Early baseball in Alabama/Club 10

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Location	Alabama
Year	1868
Month	6
Modern address	Prattville AL
City	Prattville
State	AL
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The New York Herald, June 9, 1868, reported that “the young men of Prattsville [sic], Ala. Have organized a club for baseball…”

Prattville AL (pop.in 1900 was 1300, now is about 34,000) is about 80 miles S of Birmingham and about 10 miles NW of Montgomery.

Sources

New York Herald, June 9, 1868