Club of Lake Bluff

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Nick Name Lake Bluff
Earliest Known Date 1891
Location Lake Bluff, IL, United States
Nine Class Senior
Description

Chicago Inter Ocean, July 31, 1891: "To-morrow afternoon a game of baseball will be played between the Lake Bluff white and colored nines."

Same, July 19, 1891: the Epworth League (Methodist) picnic in Lake Bluff featured "a game of baseball" between the residents, and colored waiters, of Hotel Irving, with the latter winning 11 to 7.

Lake Bluff was incorporated in 1895. For years prior to 1895, it had been a fashionable place for religious retreats.

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Chicago Inter Ocean, July 31, 1891

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Lake Bluff, IL

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