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{{Club
|Name=Highlands Club of New Windsor
|Club Name=Highlands
|Date=1858/01/01
|Type of Date=Year
|Is No Later Than=Yes
|Date Note=Date is speculative; 1859 at latest
|First Newspaper Mention=1858/01/01
|First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year
|City=New Windsor
|State=NY
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=41.4767605, -74.0237518
|Description=<p>"The Newburghs was the name of the first base ball club of a representative character. . . .  Their particular rivals were the Highlands, of New Windsor . . . .  The ball grounds of the Newburghs were in the field at the corner of South and Johnston Streets.  The home plate was in the shade of a willow tree at the south end." 
</p><p>J. Nutt, compiler, Newburgh: Her Institutions, Industries Leading Citizens (Ritchie and Hull, Newburgh, 1891), page 328.
</p><p>New Windsor NY is about 2 miles south of Newburgh and on the Hudson River.  It is about 55 miles N or NYC.
</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Entry Origin=Sabrpedia
|First in Location=New Windsor, NY
}}