Early baseball in Michigan/Club 49
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1865 |
| Modern address | Owosso MI |
| City | Owosso |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Owosso BBC |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Owosso BBC is listed as the first club n Shiawassee County MI in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003).
Owosso MI (1860 pop. about 1200; 1870 pop. about 2,100) is about 70 miles NW of Detroit and about 25 miles W of Flint MI.
