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{{Club
{{Club
|Coordinates=38.4495688, -78.8689155
|Entry Origin=Sabrpedia
|Name=Lone Star Club of Harrisonburg
|Name=Lone Star Club of Harrisonburg
|Club Name=Lone Star
|Club Name=Lone Star
|Date=7/1/1866
|Type of Date=Month
|Type of Date=Month
|Is No Later Than=Yes
|Date=1866/07/01
|First Newspaper Mention=7/1/1866
|Date of Dissolution Type=Day
|First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month
|Country=United States
|State=VA
|City=Harrisonburg
|City=Harrisonburg
|State=VA
|Description=<p>In July of 1866 &ldquo;the young men of Harrisonburg&hellip; formed themselves into a base ball club, under the supervision and instruction of H. H. Hopkins, of Baltimore. The club is known as the Lone Star&hellip;&rdquo; See Scott H. Sale, &ldquo;Take Me Out to the ballgame: Exploring the 19th Century Roots of Valley Baseball,&rdquo; Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society Newsletter, v. 28 no. 3 (Summer 2006).</p>
|Country=United States
<p>The&nbsp;<em>Staunton Spectator</em>, Nov. 20, 1866 reports that this Lone Star club lost to the Lee of New Market Nov. 10th at New Market.</p>
|Coordinates=38.4495688, -78.8689155
<p>Harrisonburg VA (1890 pop. about 2,800) is about 110 miles NE of Roanoke VA and near the WV border.</p>
|Description=<p>In July of 1866 “the young men of Harrisonburg… formed themselves into a base ball club, under the supervision and instruction of H. H. Hopkins, of Baltimore. The club is known as the Lone Star…”  See Scott H. Sale, “Take Me Out to the ballgame: Exploring the 19th Century Roots of Valley Baseball,Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society Newsletter, v. 28 no. 3 (Summer 2006).
|Sources=<p>Scott H. Sale, &ldquo;Take Me Out to the ballgame: Exploring the 19th Century Roots of Valley Baseball,&rdquo; Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society Newsletter, v. 28 no. 3 (Summer 2006).</p>
</p><p>Harrisonburg VA (1890 pop. about 2,800) is about 110 miles NE of Roanoke VA and near the WV border.  
|Has Source On Hand=No
</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Entry Origin=Sabrpedia
|Entered by=Bruce Allardice
|First in Location=Harrisonburg, VA
|Is No Later Than=Yes
|First Newspaper Mention=1866/07/01
|First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month
}}
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Nick Name Lone Star
Earliest Known Date July 1866
Location Harrisonburg, VA, United States
Description

In July of 1866 “the young men of Harrisonburg… formed themselves into a base ball club, under the supervision and instruction of H. H. Hopkins, of Baltimore. The club is known as the Lone Star…” See Scott H. Sale, “Take Me Out to the ballgame: Exploring the 19th Century Roots of Valley Baseball,” Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society Newsletter, v. 28 no. 3 (Summer 2006).

The Staunton Spectator, Nov. 20, 1866 reports that this Lone Star club lost to the Lee of New Market Nov. 10th at New Market.

Harrisonburg VA (1890 pop. about 2,800) is about 110 miles NE of Roanoke VA and near the WV border.

Sources

Scott H. Sale, “Take Me Out to the ballgame: Exploring the 19th Century Roots of Valley Baseball,” Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society Newsletter, v. 28 no. 3 (Summer 2006).

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Harrisonburg, VA
Entry Origin Sabrpedia

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