Early baseball in Michigan/Club 50
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Modern address | Port Huron MI |
| City | Port Huron |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Welkin Club o Port Huron |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Welkin Club of Port Huron is the first club in St. Clair County MI as listed in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003).
Port Huron MI (current pop. about 30,000) is about 55 miles NE of Detroit on the Ontario border.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.
