In Fort Benton in 1870

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Date of Game 1870
Location Fort Benton, MT, United States
Description

The Fort Benton River Press, March 14, 1883: "There was quite a crowd out yesterday [Friday], back of town, playing base ball."

War Department, Surgeon General's Office, Report on the health at army posts, p. 405 (Dec. 5, 1870), notes base ball being played at Fort Benton by the soldiers.

 Fort Benton (fd. 1846) had 1,618 residents in 1880.

Sources

The Fort Benton River Press, March 14, 1883

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Fort Benton, MT



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