Club of Rapid City

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Nick Name Rapid City
Earliest Known Date 1878
Location Rapid City, SD, United States
Nine Class Senior
Description

Baseball appears to have reached Rapid City by 1887, if not before. The Bismarck Tribune, Oct. 21, 1887, reports: "The two baseball nines at Rapid City run their respective scores up to 29 and 31..."

The (Rapid City) Black Hills Weekly Journal, March 30, 1878: "A Base ball club is being organized in Rapid City." The club played on July 4th, 1878. The 80-Stampers BBC played in 1880.

Rapid City was founded around 1876, and incorporated in 1883.

Sources

The Bismarck Tribune, Oct. 21, 1887

The (Rapid City) Black Hills Weekly Journal, March 30, 1878

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Rapid City, SD

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