Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 16

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Location Minnesota
Year 1868
Month 5
Date 6
Note on date no later than May 6
City St. Peter
State MN
Country USA
Nickname St. Peter Base Ball Club
Found by Rich Arpi

The members of the St. Peter Base Ball Club are requested to meet at the Court House Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, "sharp" for business, after which they will proceed to the ball ground for a game.

    By order of the President. 
        Wm. G. Hayden, Secretary. 

Note: Friday would have been May 8th....



1870 population of St. Peter wasa 2,124 and its high mark was in 2010 with 11,196.

It is quite likely that further research will uncover a base ball club in St. Peter in 1867 or earlier.....

Sources

Saint Peter Tribune, May 6, 1868

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