Early baseball in Arkansas/Club 11

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Location	Arkansas
Year	1880
Month	6
Modern address	Des Arc, AR
City	Des Arc
State	AR
Found by	Bruce Allardice

—“State News…Des Arc has a base ball club.” [Little Rock Arkansas Gazette, June 17, 1880]

Des Arc (pop. 1900)is about 50 miles NE of Little Rock.

Sources

Little Rock Arkansas Gazette, June 17, 1880