Early baseball in Iowa/Club 1
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| Location | Iowa |
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| Year | 1872 |
| City | Castana |
| State | IA |
| Country | US |
| Found by | Jeff Kittel |
"The first base ball club was organized here by Geo. W. Penn in 1872."
History of Monona County, Iowa (National Publishing, Chicago, 1890), page 238.
Castana is in western IA, about 35 miles N of Omaha NE and 50 miles SE of Sioux City SD.
