Early baseball in Alaska/Club 13
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| Location | Alaska |
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| Year | 1905 |
| City | Fort Seward |
| State | AK |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Juneau "Daily Alaska Dispatch" May 9, 1905 has the Fort Seward baseball team playing Juneau.
Fort Seward is/was at Port Chilcoot, in Haines, in the southeast islands. Chilcoot was a major port of entry for miners traveling to the gold fields.
Sources
The Juneau "Daily Alaska Dispatch" May 9, 1905
