Early baseball in Arkansas/Club 25

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Location	Arkansas
Year	1869
Month	5
Modern address	Searcy AR
City	Searcy
State	AR
Country	United States
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Batesville North Arkansas Times, May 15, 1869, says “Our sister towns of Jacksonport and Searcy have their Base Ball Clubs…”

Searcy AR is about 50 miles NE of Little Rock and about 40 miles south of Batesville and Jacksonport.

Sources

North Arkansas Times, May 15, 1869