Early baseball in Iowa/Club 12
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| Location | Iowa |
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| Year | 1865 |
| Month | 10 |
| Modern address | Dubuque IA |
| City | Dubuque |
| State | IA |
| Nickname | Julian |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Freeport (IL) North West Oct. 5, 1865, reports on a base ball tournament in Dubuque, hosted by the local Julian team. Same July 12, 1866 notes that the Julians of Dubuque played in a multi-state tournament in Rockford.
Dubuque IA (1860 pop. 13,000; 1870 pop. about 18,500) is about 75 miles NE of Cedar Rapids on the Mississippi River.
Sources
Freeport (IL) North West Oct. 5, 1865
