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A list of all pages that have property "Text"Text" is a predefined property that represents text of arbitrary length and is provided by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>." with value "&lt;p&gt;Lewis C. Paxson left Pennsylvania in 1862 to teach school in Lake City MN, joining the 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; MN in August of that year.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;He very briefly refers to “playing ball four times: on March 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 1863, September 16, 1863, September 22, 1863, and March 2, 1864. His most expansive entries were his first, “There was ball playing upon the west camp” [p. 113], and that for September 22, “Played leap frog. Played ball.” He called the game “baseball” in the 1864 entry.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Paxson also referred to wicket: On April 30 he wrote “We were mustered. Cronin hurt in playing wicket by being run against.” His entry for the next day was “The mail did not come. Cronin dies.” &lt;strong&gt;Caution:&lt;/strong&gt; It is unconfirmed that “playing wicket” in this case referred to ballplaying. It seems plausible that wicket was played in the 1850s-1860s in MN, but it hardly seems a mortally risky game, and it seems possible that “playing wicket” has a military meaning here. Input from readers on this issue is most welcome.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota&lt;/span&gt;, Part II – Volume II (Tribune, Bismarck ND, 1908), pages 113, 115, 123, 132. It appears that Paxson’s service time from 1862 to 1865 was spent at Fort Abercrombie, ND, about 30 miles S of Fargo. The Fort, evidently meant to protect Minnesota territory, had been attacked by the Sioux in the Dakota War of 1862.&lt;/p&gt;". Since there have been only a few results, also nearby values are displayed.

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