Early baseball in Michigan/Club 48
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Modern address | Lexington MI |
| City | Lexington |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Telegraph Club of Lexington |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Telegraph Club of Lexington is the first club listed in Sanilac County in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003).
Lexington MI (current pop. about 1,100) is on Lake Huron about 70 miles N of Detroit and about 70 miles E of Flint MI
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.
