Early baseball in Mississippi/Club 2

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Location	Mississippi
Year	1879
Month	5
Modern address	Bolton MS
City	Bolton
State	MS
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Vicksburg Daily Commercial, May 21, 1879: “Bolton Items… The boys have organized a base ball club.

Bolton MS (pop. about 600) is about 25 miles E of Vicksburg and about 15 miles W of Jackson.

Sources

Vicksburg Daily Commercial, May 21, 1879