Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 2
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| Location | Tennessee |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Note on date | No Later than 1866 |
| City | Chattanooga |
| State | TN |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Lightfoot |
The Lightfoot Club of Chattanooga TN is listed in Peverelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier.
Chattanooga had a population of about 6000 in 1870. It is located on the Tennessee Rive in the SE corner of the state and nar the Alabama border.
