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Who brought baseball to California?
January 29th, 2013 | 
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It is a simple journal entry by Mormon Battalion member Azariah Smith. After spending most of 1846 struggling along the long, 1,900 mile road from Council Bluffs, near what is now Omaha, Nebraska, through the territory we know as Kansas, New Mexico, and Arizona, and after arriving in southern California, near San Diego, Smith recorded in his diary early in 1847 how he and some fellow soldiers chose to entertain themselves:
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Sunday March the 6th. We drilled as before and through the day we play ball and amuse ourselves the best way we can. It is very cool weather and clothing scarce.
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Tags: Azariah Smith, Elysian Fields, Hoboken NJ, Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, Mormon Battalion, New York Branch, Ship Brooklyn | 
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