Early baseball in Colorado/Club 11
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| Location | Colorado |
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| Year | 1873 |
| City | Golden |
| State | CO |
| Nickname | Golden BBC |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Golden Weekly Globe, March 29, 1873: "The stated meetings of the Golden Base Ball Club occurs on the evenings of the first and third Thursdays in each month, at Dougherty's Hall."
Golden CO (1870 pop. about 600; 1880 pop. about 2,700) is about 12 miles W of Denver.
Sources
The Golden Weekly Globe, March 29, 1873
