Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 23
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Location | Tennessee |
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Year | 1876 |
Month | 7 |
Modern address | Pulaski TN |
City | Pulaski |
State | TN |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
“Columbia and Pulaski youths are playing base-ball for the benefit of churches…” Memphis Daily Appeal, July 18, 1876.
Pulaski (current pop. 7900) is about 70 miles S of Nashville and about 20 miles from the Alabama border. Columbia TN (current pop. about 34,000) is about 30 miles N of Pulaski.
Sources
Memphis Daily Appeal, July 18, 1876.