Early baseball in Montana/Club 3
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| Location | Montana |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Month | 5 |
| Note on date | No Later than May 1867 |
| City | Helena |
| State | MT |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Helena Weekly Herald, May 2, 1867: "Base Ball Club. ...This club "has proved a decided success.... why is there not a rival club organized in Helena?"
Helena MT (1870 pop. 3100) is about 75 miles NW of Bozeman MT.
Sources
Helena Weekly Herald, May 2, 1867
