Early baseball in Michigan/Club 36
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1862 |
| Modern address | Howell MI |
| City | Howell |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Hickory Club of Howell |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Hickory Club of Howell is the first club found in Livingston County MI in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003).
Howell MI (current pop. about 9,500) is about 50 miles W of Detroit about 30 miles NW of Ann Arbor MI.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.
