In Lerna Circa 1837

Pre-pro Baseball
	Lerna, IL Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games Greater New York City Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games IL Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games United States Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games
	Add a Ballgame
	Add a Predecessor Game
	Add a Field
	Add a Club
	Add a Player
	Add a Game Official
	Base Ball Firsts
	Add a Base Ball First
	About Pre-pro
	Waff's Game Tabulation
	Bob Tholkes RIM Tabulation
	Awaiting Review

Date of Game	Circa 1837
Game	Town Ball
Location	Lerna, IL, United States
Modern Address
Field	Add Field Page
Home Team	Add Club Page
Away Team	Add Club Page
Score
Has Source On Hand	No
Innings
Number of Players
NY Rules	No - Predecessor
Tags
Description	Wilson's 1905 History of Coles County, Illinois contains an 1889 letter from Isiah H. Johnson, who reminiscences about playing town ball and bull pen with his mates at the Dryden School in Lerna (then, Muddy Point). Johnston was born in 1826: the schoolmates he mentions were born 1824-29. I deduce the year to be the late 1830s.
Sources	Wilson's 1905 History of Coles County, Illinois
Source Image	[[Image:\|left\|thumb]]
Has Source On Hand	No
Comment	Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Edit with form to add a query
Submitted by	Bruce Allardice
Submission Note
First in Location
Players Locality
Entry Origin
Entry Origin Url

Comments