In Jamestown in 1880

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Date of Game 1880
Location Jamestown, ND, United States
Description

The Jamestown Alert, May 18, 1880 reports on a coming meeting to form a town bbc. Same April 20, 1880 and June 15, 1880 denounces young people playing baseball in town on Sunday. Same July 1, 1881 announces a base ball game to be played on July 4th. Same June 17, 1881 reports that the RSTs are going to play the Swamp Angels--presumably these are city teams.

Jamestown (near Fort Seward) was founded in 1872 and incorporated in 1883. It had 393 residents in 1880.

Sources

The Jamestown Alert, April 20, 1880

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Jamestown, ND



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