Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 8
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Location | West Virginia |
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Year | 1866 |
City | Shepherdstown |
State | WV |
Nickname | Potomac |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000" p. 10 says Shepherdstown formed the Potomac BBC in 1866.
Shepherdstown WV (1880 pop. about 1,500) is is eastern WV and about 20 miles S of Hagerstown MD.
Sources
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000"