BASEBALL ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER - 1849 TEAMSGenealogy Index: Please see massive index below with print large enough for us old folks to read On all multiple items after the first, you will receive a 10% discount. Postage will be combined and refund granted if saved. BALL ONE ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER By Milt Riske INSERT THE NAME YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR IN THE BOX BELOW AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR eCRATER STORE IN THIS OR ANY OTHER TITLE OR NAME. Click here to check out our other products on eCRATER!Custom Search Genealogy Images Of History!Type in your family name or a specific topic you are looking for..Search titles and descriptions. BASEBALL ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER PIONEER BASEBALL MEMORABILIA like the MORMON TRIPLE PLAY IS NOT OFTEN FOUND! Folks, sometimes history comes in unusual packages and here is one that you would not expect to find in an old western magazine because baseball – players and teams - of the great old days of the west were not indexed and lay unrecognized on some dealer’s shelf, Heck, it was a game and this was a long time before the record books talked old hitting records and pitching records. Here, I present with this purchase the complete description and index as stated below in a separate plastic enclosure for your library.Gee, for all you baseball lovers, I have spent an inordinate amount of time indexing these old pioneer names of rarely found baseball team and players that made the old west. Great stories including one about a home run hit that had to be measured the next day cause it was so long they had to get special equipment or the Mormon triple play where a ball landed in a tree and a player shook it out while all watched – then got the ball loose and threw it in and got three outs. Great old stuff – or how about Custer’s right hand man – Benteen – who led the charge of the cavalry baseball team. It’s all here. IT’S A ONE OF A KIND HISTORY Please read this. There were many a western story published – the common ones about cowboy and Indians are listed on eCRATER occasionally but the rarer ones bout the early history of baseball the pioneer players of the old west like this one are seldom found. Collectors treasure them and their price guide value rises every day. They are hard to find. I hunt them out cause really the better, untold and rarer stories were published in the rest. Here’s one of ‘em. FOLLOWING PURCHASE AND PAYMENT, IF YOU WILL WRITE ME OF YOUR SPECIAL NAME OR INTEREST, I WILL DO A FREE SEARCH OF MY COLLECTION AND UNINDEXED STORIES AND NAMES. TOM RUSSELL COLLECTIONFor more Information Please Visit:The Tom Russell CollectionIF I FIND SOMETHING THAT I THINK MERITS YOUR INTEREST, I WILL WRITE A REVIEW AND PLACE IT ON eCRATER AND GIVE YOU NOTICE AND A HEAD START TO BUYITNOW! Following my retirement, I have dedicated my remaining hours to indexing the Genealogy of our western pioneers. During my research, I discovered that thousands of our kinfolk lay unfound and unrecognized on some book dealer’s shelf gathering dust. Because Old Western History and Memorabilia was printed before computer indexing, I index every item I sell. This complete index will be bound and included in this offering at no additional cost. Humbly, I am trying to keep our history alive. I hope you appreciate the effort. BASE BALL ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER By Milt Riske ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA: 1860’s ANCESTOR’S LOCATION: CALIFORNIA, WYOMING, MISSOURI, NEW YORK GENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED: ANSON, A. C. “Pop” – Player and Manager in Chicago BAKER, Lieutenant – West Point Graduate and Umpire in game July 4, 1871 BENTEEN, Frederick, Captain, Company H. Baseball Team BROWNING, Joseph – Mormon blacksmith and gun designer BROWNING, Thomas – Son of above and Ogden Baseball Team player BUTCHEL, Joseph – Photographer and manager of Pioneers Baseball Team, Portland, Oregon CARTWRIGHT, Alexander Joy CUSTER, George Armstrong, General DAVIS, William, Private (Baseball Player on Benteen’s Team) GELESTON, M. E., San Francisco Eagles GLOVER, Doctor – Hit homerun in Wyoming game HANKENS, Player with the Union Club of Massena, New York LINCOLN, Abraham, President of the United States LINCOLN, “Tad”, Son of the President of the United States McCAULEY, Player with the Union Club of Massena, New York McVEY, Carl – Cincinatti Red Stockings MOONLIGHT, Thomas, Colonel – Commander, 11th Kansas RegimentOrganized a Baseball team at Leavenworth, Kansas PRESTON, George – Manager, Santa Fe Baseball Team RISKE, Milt – Author and provider of some photos SHEPHERD BROTHERS SHEPHERD, William SPALDING, A. G., Baseball Player of Rockford Nine THORPE, Jim WILLIAMS, “Fatty” Private (Baseball Player on Benteen’s Team)(Reportedly signed on as a professional player for Pittsburgh, 1877) WRIGHT, George – Cincinnati Red Stockings WRIGHT, Harry – Cincinnati Red Stockings PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS w * INDICATING PICTURE: Picture 1: Baseball Game, Guthrie vs Oklahoma 1880 * Courtesy of Western Pioneer Collections, University of Oklahoma Picture 2: Lost Spring, Wyoming Baseball Teal * Courtesy of Wyoming State Archives & Historical Department Picture 3: Paficics Base Ball Club * Courtesy Pyne Press Picture 4: Baseball played on the open range of Wyoming Courtesy of Wyoming State Archives & Historical Department Picture 5: Portland, Oregon Baseball Team of 1872 * Courtesy of Oregon Historical Society Picture 6: Artist’s portrayal of early ball game * Courtesy of Pyne Press Picture 7: Photo of Fort Union, Dakota Baseball team * Courtesy of Fort Laramie Historical Association PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED W * INDICATING PICTURE: “Army and Navy Journal” Benteens Baseball Team Blue Belts Baseball Team Bug Eaters Baseball Team California Cheyenne, Wyoming Baseball Team Cincinnati Baseball Team China Close-Cuts Baseball Team Dakota Territory Denver, Colorado Baseball Team Dysardo Baseball Team, Eugene, Oregon Elkhorn Club of Omaha Em Quads Baseball Team 59ers Colorado Baseball Team Fort Apache Fort Laramie Baseball Team Fort Russell Baseball Team Fort Supply, Oklahoma Fort Union, Dakota Baseball Team* Guthrie Baseball Team * Hawaii Homerun Shaft Iowa Baseball Team Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, New York Oklahoma City Baseball Team * Little Big Horn Live Oak Baseball Team Lost Springs, Wyoming Base Ball Team * Lower Nine Baseball Team Nebraska Baseball Team Nebraska City, Nebraska Territory New England New York Occidentals Baseball Team Pacifics Base Ball Club Phoenix Baseball Team Pioneer Baseball Team, Portland, Oregon Raid Mountain Daisies, Nevadaville & Central City Red Rover Base Ball Club Rockford, Illinois Baseball Team Rocky Mountain Baseball Team “Rocky Mountain News” “Rounders” - (English Term for game) 71st New York Guards Baseball Team Sacramento Baseball Team Sacramento River Sandwich Islands San Diego, California Baseball Team San Francisco, California Baseball Team San Francisco Eagles Base Ball Team Santa Fe Baseball Team South Dakota Stockton Baseball Team Striped Stockings Baseball Team Territorial Fairgrounds, Phoenix Tombstone Baseball Team Topeka Fairgrounds Union Baseball Club of Massena, New York Upper Nine Baseball Team Valmont Baseball Team Virginia City, Montana Baseball Game Washington Nationals Wide Awake Baseball Team Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (protested baseball, Santa Fe, NM) BASE BALL ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER By Milt Riske PIONEER BASEBALL MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING While others clip ads from magazines, I save history. It’s a shame that our past is being lost. It’s as simple as that. My wife kids me that after I find a piece I like, buy it, read it, research it, take a picture, scan it, write the blurb, pay the eCRATER entry fee and commission, that I end up making about 50 cents an hour. But, OH HOW I LOVE THIS OLD WESTERN HISTORY. What a story, Rare Story!!! Great Pictures. You will love it as it was published in this old complete western magazine of many years ago. The issue is in good condition, the cover is in vibrant color. As clearly stated in my description, this is featured story in a rarely found and seldom read unusual and complete western magazine. I don't give out name of publication or date because I have caught competitors copying my index and work and trying to sell it as theirs. I hope you understand. Buyer pays postage of $3.50 First Class Postage to U. S.; $5.00 Priority; $5.00 to Canada; $13.25 Par Avion (Air Mail) for International Mail. Texans must pay 8-¼ % sales tax. Thanks, Tom THE INDEX IS A GENEALOGY IMAGESOFHISTORY COPYRIGHTED PRESENTATION