Early baseball in Missouri/Game 3
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| Location | Missouri |
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| Year | 1869 |
| City | Lentner |
| State | MO |
| Country | US |
| Modern address | Lentner MO |
| Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
| Played by | Unknown |
"Photocopy of a scrapbook from the Lentner and Oak Ridge area, including articles about Shelby County's first baseball game in 1869 . . . "
Lentner MO is about 150 miles NW of St. Louis and about 60 miles N of Columbia MO.
Wikipedia, 9/5/12: Lentner is an unincorporated community in southern Shelby County, Missouri. Its post office, which opened in 1881, closed on March 31, 2006.
Sources
Book overview for David Bush, et. al. indexers, Shelby County, Missouri Scrapbook (Kathleen Wilham Genealogical Publication, 1999), 22 pages. Accessed via Google Books search, February 2010. This area is about 150 miles NW of St. Louis.
