Early baseball in Arkansas/Club 12
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Location | Arkansas |
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Year | 1868 |
Month | 9 |
Modern address | Fort Smith AR |
City | Fort Smith |
State | AR |
Country | United States |
Nickname | Ku Klux, Lugenbeel |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Ku Klux and Lugenbeel clubs of Fort Smith are mentioned as playing in the upcoming State Fair. See Little Rock Morning Republican, September 9, 1868.
Fort Smith is on the border of AR and OK, about 140 miles NW of Little Rock and 60 miles S of Fayetteville.
Sources
Little Rock Morning Republican, September 9, 1868.