Early baseball in Idaho/Club 1
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| Location | Idaho |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Modern address | Lewiston ID |
| City | Lewiston |
| State | ID |
| Country | US |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Idaho Signal of Lewiston, Feb. 7, 1873, reports: "Base Ball Club--Several of the young men of the town have organized a base-ball club..."
Lewiston ID (`870 pop. about 1500)is on the eastern border of Washington and about 30 miles south of Moscow ID.
Sources
The Idaho Signal of Lewiston, Feb. 7, 1873
