The young men of Troy favorable to the formation of a Base Ball Club, are requested to meet at Mr. Brown's Hotel, next Saturday evening at early candle light. Come one come all.
-Lincoln County Herald, March 22, 1867
The permanent officers of the Troy Base Ball Club, were elected last Monday evening:
E.L. Wells, President.
C. Ward, Vice President.
R. Wellott, Secretary & Treasurer.
Wm. Bennett, Field Capt. & [Umpire.]
The first opening of their exercises will begin Saturday evening next.
-Lincoln County Herald, April 5, 1867
Troy, Missouri, is about thirty or forty miles northwest of St. Louis and the formation of a baseball club in Troy in 1867 is an example of how the game was spreading in the post-war era. Troy, according to census data, had about six hundred residents in 1860 and about seven hundred in 1870. It was a small town out in the middle of nowhere and located a dozen miles from the Mississippi. But the game was so popular at this time and spreading so fast that even towns like Troy were putting together teams.
Not sure who they were playing, however. Maybe Olney.
Not sure who they were playing, however. Maybe Olney.
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