Early baseball in Michigan/Club 14
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Modern address | Wayland MI |
| City | Wayland |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Pine Browse: Island Club of Plainwell |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The fist club listed for Allegan Cpounty, MI, is the Pine Browse Club of Wayland. Wayland MI (current pop. about 4,000) is about 140 miiles W of Detroit and about 20 miles S of Grand Rapids.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 366.
