Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 4

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Location Tennessee
Year 1868
Month 5
Modern address Clarksville TN
City Clarksville
State TN
Nickname Lightfoots
Found by Bruce Allardice

As early as May 22, 1868, ads for the local baseball team (the Lightfoots) appear in the Clarksville Chronicle.

Clarksville TN (1870 pop. 3200) is about 45 miles NW of Nashville TN.

Sources

Clarksville Chronicle, May 22, 1868

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