Early baseball in Illinois/Club 4
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Location | Illinois |
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Year | 1866 |
Note on date | No Later than 1866 |
City | Rockford |
State | IL |
Country | US |
Nickname | Forest City |
The Forest City Club of Rockford IL is listed in Peverelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier. Rockford IL is about 80 miles NW of Chicago.