Early baseball in South Dakota/Club 2
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| Location | South Dakota |
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| Year | 1870 |
| Month | 3 |
| Date | 5 |
| Modern address | Yankton SD |
| City | Yankton |
| State | SD |
| Nickname | Coyotes |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Yankton Press & Dakotan, March 10, 1870, says that last Saturday the Yankton Coyotes BBC was organized. The Yankton Union and Dakotian, March 3, 1870, says a base ball club was organized in this town yesterday.
Yankton SD (1880 pop. about 3400) is in the SE corner of SD on the Missouri River.
Sources
The Yankton Press & Dakotan, March 3 and 10, 1870
