Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 6

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Location	Tennessee
Year	1867
Month	7
Date	25
Modern address	Fayetteville TN
City	Fayetteville
State	TN
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Fayetteville Observer, July 25, 1867, notes the formation of a baseball club in town, “composed of our most worthy young gentlemen.”

Fayetteville TN (current pop. about 7000)is about 90 miles W of Chattanooga. It is about 15 miles from the AL border and about 30 miles N of Huntsville AL.

Sources

Fayetteville Observer, July 25, 1867