An exploration of the 1897 Red River Valley League with teams from Fargo, Grand Forks, Moorhead, and Wahpeton-Breckenridge. The league featured future major league players, local heroes, reckless characters, economic unrest, and spirited rivalries.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Random Fact of the Day (1st in a Series)
Men from various occupations gathered to play friendly baseball games near the turn of the century. Newspapers in the valley occasionally
reported on match-ups featuring teams of doctors, lawyers, printers, plumbers, hotel workers, railroad men, and cigar-makers, among others.
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