Prairie Club of Champaign

Pre-pro Baseball
	Champaign, IL Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games Greater New York City Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games IL Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games United States Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games
	Add a Ballgame
	Add a Predecessor Game
	Add a Field
	Add a Club
	Add a Player
	Add a Game Official
	Base Ball Firsts
	Add a Base Ball First
	About Pre-pro
	Waff's Game Tabulation
	Bob Tholkes RIM Tabulation
	Awaiting Review

Nick Name	Prairie
Earliest Known Date	April 1867
Last Known Game
Location	Champaign, IL, United States
Modern Address
NABBP Status
Nine Class	Senior
Tags
Description	"The beginnings: Champaign in the 1850s and 1860s" (1960) p. 35: "The Prairie Club of Champaign was organized in April 1867, with P. Van Horn, president; H. G. Gary, vice-president; George S. Scroggs, secretary; and W. S. Maxwell, treasurer." Scroggs was probably George Scroggs (1842-80), later editor of the Champaign Gazette, State Representative, Lt. 125th IL Infantry. Champaign was incorporated in 1860. It had 1727 residents that year, 4625 in 1870.
Sources	"The beginnings: Champaign in the 1850s and 1860s" (1960) p. 35
Source Image	[[Image:\|left\|thumb]]
Has Source On Hand	No
Comment	Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Edit with form to add a query
Found by	Bruce Allardice
Submission Note
Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location
First in Location Note
Entry Origin
Entry Origin Url
Local-Origin Study Groups
Has Supplemental Text

Ballgames

No games have been posted for this Club yet. Add a Ballgame

No players have been associated with this Club yet. Add a Player