Shoo Fly Club of Grand Tower

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Nick Name	Shoo Flies
Earliest Known Date	1870
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Location	Grand Tower, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	"The Quickstep base ball club of Mt. Carbon claim to be the champion club of southern Illinois. They base their claim, we believe, upon the ground that they 'flaxed out' the Shoo Flies, of Grand Tower." Cairo Bulletin, May 20, 1870. Grand Tower is on the Mississippi River in Jackson County, It had 966 residents in 1880.
Sources	Cairo Bulletin, May 20, 1870
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Grand Tower, IL
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