Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 2

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Location West Virginia
Year 1866
Month 11
City Harpers Ferry
State WV
Nickname Valley (?)
Found by Bruce Allardice

In Nov. 1866 the Harpers Ferry Club played the Hagerstown Scientifics. William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000" p. 10 says the Harpers Ferry Valley BBC organized in 1867.

Harpers Ferry WV is about 25 miles S of Hagerstown MD.

Sources

W. Harrison Daniel, “The Rage in the Hill City: The Beginnings of Baseball in Lynchburg,” Virginia Cavalcade, Spring 1979; William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000"

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