Early baseball in Colorado/Club 9
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| Location | Colorado |
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| Year | 1872 |
| City | Longmont |
| State | CO |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Denver "Rocky Mountain News", Feb. 16, 1872: "Longmont has the next thing to smallpox--a base ball club."
Longmont CO (1880 pop. about 800) is about 35 miles N of Dennver.
Sources
The Denver "Rocky Mountain News", Feb. 16, 1872
