Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 13
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| Location | West Virginia |
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| Year | 1866 |
| City | Parkersburg |
| State | WV |
| Nickname | Olympic, Blennerhassett |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000" p. 10 says that in 1866 residents of Parkersburg formed the Olympic BBC and the Blennerhassett BBC.
Parkersburg WV (1860 pop. about 2,500; 1870 pop. about 5,500)is about 90 miles SW of Wheeling.
Sources
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000"
