Prairie Base Ball Club of Mendota

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Nick Name	Prairie
Earliest Known Date	August 1867
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Location	Mendota, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	"Magnificent Whistle Stop" (a history of Mendota), p 244: August 8, 1867: "The Prairie Base Ball Club of Mendota now formed. G. N. Jones and L. B. Crooker make best runs, fall down flattest, and spread out widest." George N. Jones was an alderman 1867-68. Lucien B. Crooker (1839-1926) was a lawyer, a Union army captain who co-wrote the history of the 55th Illinois.
Sources	"Magnificent Whistle Stop" (a history of Mendota), p 244
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Mendota, IL
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