Early baseball in Kansas/Club 1
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| Location | Kansas |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Note on date | No Later than 1866 |
| Modern address | Leavenworth KS |
| City | Fort Leavenworth |
| State | KS |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Frontier |
| First in Kansas | Yes |
The Frontier Club of Fort Leavenworth KS is listed in Peverelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier.
The Fort Leavenworth or Fort Scott club may have been the first to form in Kansas.
On August 1, 1867, "Freedom's Champion" newspaper reported that the Frontier Club claimed to be the champion team of Kansas.
Fort Leavenworth KS is about 5 miles N of Leavenworth KS. and about 30 miles NW of Kansas City KS. It is about 3 miles W of the Missouri River and thus the KS/MO state line.
