Wabash Club of Lafayette

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Nick Name Wabash
Earliest Known Date 1865
Location Lafayette, IN, United States
Nine Class Senior
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The Chicago Tribune, Dec. 7, 1865, reporting on the Northwest Base Ball Convention held in Chicago that day, notes delegates attending from the Wabash Club of Lafayette, IN and the Sinnissippie of Rockford, IL.

According to the Lafayette Daily Journal, Jan 30, 1867, the WBBC was the city's first BBC, and had nearly 100 members at that time.

Lafayette had 13,506 residents in 1870.

Sources

Chicago Tribune, Dec. 7, 1865

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Lafayette, IN

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