Early baseball in Arkansas/Club 23
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| Location | Arkansas |
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| Year | 1878 |
| Month | 6 |
| Modern address | Prescott AR |
| City | Prescott |
| State | AR |
| Nickname | Rattlers |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Rattlers of Prescott will play a game today, June 9th, against the Little Rock Blues, at the Little Rock Fair Grounds. Little Rock Daily Arkansas Gazette, June 9, 1878.
Prescott AR (pop. 3900) is about 100 miles SW of Little Rock aznd about 45 miles NE of Texarkana.
Sources
Little Rock Daily Arkansas Gazette, June 9, 1878
