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Date of Game | 1857 |
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Game | Town Ball |
Location | Wilbur, OR, United States |
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Description | "town ball" and "three cornered cat" were played at the Umpqua school c. 1857 |
Sources | Kuykendall, "Reminiscences of Early Days at the Old Umpqua Academy," The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society (1918) p. 28. |
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Has Source On Hand | No |
Comment | The Umpqua Academy was founded in 1857 in Wilbur, Douglas County. While the source is vague on the exact date of the play, Kuykendall was born in 1843, making the earliest date the most likely. Edit with form to add a comment |
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Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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