Early baseball in Iowa/Club 15
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| Location | Iowa |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Month | 5 |
| City | DeWitt |
| State | IA |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Des Moines "Daily Iowa State Register," May 15, 1866: "The young men of [DeWitt] have organized a base ball club."
DeWitt IA (1870 pop. about 1750) is about 20 mile N of Davenport IA.
Sources
Des Moines "Daily Iowa State Register," May 15, 1866
