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	Rockford, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rockford, Illinois, was first settled in 1834-1835 by Germanicus Kent, Thatcher Blake, and Lewis Lemon, who came from Galena and established themselves on the west bank of Rock River; and Daniel Shaw Haight, who founded a settlement on the east bank.
		The settlement was incorporated as a village in 1839, and chartered as a city in 1852.
		Rockford is at the intersection of Interstate 90 (Northwest Tollway), U.S. Highway 20, and Interstate 39.
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	Rockford, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By the end of the 1960s both were extinct in the city.
		The Rockford economy has suffered since the decline of the manufacturing industry in the late 1980s.
		This escalated into a 12-year desegregation case, which the city, by federal law, was deemed segregated.
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	Rockford, Illinois Encyclopedia Article @ 216.92.11.26 () (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Rockford, Illinois is the site of Northern Illinois University Rockford,, Rockford College, Rock Valley College, and the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford.
		The airport is undergoing a major effort to recruit travelers from the Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison metropolitan areas as well as from western Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and eastern Iowa.
		Rockford is served by several different railroad lines, such as Union Pacific, Canadian National, and the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern.
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	Better Days in Rockford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It is written that the Forest Citys of Rockford saw the glow of the great Chicago Fire as they approached the city for a series of matches.
		Rockford was one of the four original teams in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, Phil Wrigley's Girls of Summer.
		The Forest City will have to be content with a history that includes the likes of Spaulding, Anson and the Peaches.
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	Rockford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Rockford is at the intersection of Interstate 90, U.S. Highway 20, and Interstate 39.
		Rockford is located approximately 90 miles east of Dubuque, Iowa and 90 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois.
		Rockford and surrounding areas are prone to violent thunderstorm s during the months of March, April, May, and June.
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	Cap Chronicled - The First Son
		The Forest Citys club was a formidable powerhouse in the late 1860s.
		During their exhibition tour of the Midwest of 1870, the Forest Citys were soundly beating town teams with scores from 30 to 100 to 1.
		Rockford’s players and management had been greatly impressed by the play of the Anson family.
	www.capanson.com /chapter1.html (1116 words)

	Beetcafe.com - The Rockford Illinois Area Entertainment Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Two Centuries of Rockford Baseball", is the new baseball exhibit at Midway Village which chronicles the history of the game in the Rockford and the surrounding area.
		The Forest City Nine were so successful that Rockford came to be called "The Cradle of Baseball in the West." In the late 1860's, the Forest City Nine beat some of the best East Coast Baseball clubs such as the Washington Nationals.
		In 1871, The Forest City Nine (now known the Forest Citys) were one of the founding teams of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players which later became the National League.
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	National Association of Professional Baseball Players - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The way the teams are listed above puts their names in the modern context of a city name plus a nickname.
		In fact, the singular form of that "nickname" was often the team name itself, with its base city "understood" and was so listed in the standings.
		Forest City (of Rockford) - a little confusing in 1871
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/National_Association_of_Professional_Baseball_Players (514 words)

	ross barnes - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		From 1868 to 1870, Ross starred for the Rockford Forest Citys, along with Albert Spalding.
		When the National Association was formed in 1871, Harry Wright signed the two of them up for his new team in Boston.
		He also has the distinction of having hit the first home run in National League history, on May 2, 1876.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Ross-Barnes (739 words)

	Financial Library - 1857 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		William Headen, a future mayor, once wrote that the city had relied too much on government contracts, that it was all but helpless when the army pulled out...
		May 10 - India's first War of Independece of 1857: In India, the Mutiny of XI Native Cavalry of the Bengal Army in Meerut, revolt against the British Army.
		The city walls of Vienna are demolished, allowing the construction of the RingstraÃe.
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	BBTF's Hall of Merit Discussion :: Season by Season Recap
		Ross Barnes was the star of the Rockford Forest Citys in the years before the NA (along with Al Spalding, who had been pitching for Rockford since he was 13 or 14).
		Rockford was an NA team, but in order to understand the NA, you have to understand that there were really two "types" of teams, stock teams (aka, the Good Teams) and co-ops (aka the Bad Teams).
		In the five year history of the NA, NO co-op team EVER finished ahead of a stock team (with the possible exception of 1871, where Ft. Wayne had a better percentage than Cleveland, but didn't finish the season because all their players jumped ship.) Rockford was a co-op team, Boston was a stock team.
	www.baseballthinkfactory.org /files/hall_of_merit/discussion/season_by_season_recap (1810 words)

	All-Baseball.com, part of MVN: 19 to 21 Volume 4, #28 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		News Item: June 15, 1871 — The Rockford Forest Citys defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 10-7, a result that will be reversed after the season due to the Forest Citys using an ineligible player.
		One of the most famous cases took place in 1871, when catcher Scott Hastings, the Rockford Forest Citys’ regular backstop in 1870, played a game in April 1871 for the New Orleans Lone Stars.
		Hastings then returned to the Forest Citys by May 6, for the start of the National Association season.
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		Keen to attract them, the fast-growing city of Atlanta constructed a new ballpark, Atlanta Stadium, which was officially opened in 1965.
		Immediately after the season, John Schuerholz was hired away from the Kansas City Royals as general manager.
		With their strong pitching being a constant, the Braves would also appear in the 1996 and 1999 World Series (they lost both series to the New York Yankees, however), and have an ongoing streak of 14 straight division titles.
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	Cap Anson
		Anson also allegedly used his influence to block George Stovey, a fl pitcher, from being signed by the Giants in 1887.
		He was a hallmark of consistency - including the five years he spent with the Rockford Forest Citys and Philadelphia Athletics of the National Association, he played for 27 years at the highest level of baseball competition.
		During his 22 years with the White Stockings of the National League - later the Chicago Colts, then the Chicago Orphans, and finally the Chicago Cubs - he produced 2,995 hits, then a record.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Anson.html (359 words)

	OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - 1871 Replay - 1871
		Teams represented at the conference are the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Stockings, Chicago White Stockings, Cleveland Forest Citys, Rockford Forest Citys, New York Mutuals, Washington Olympics, and the Troy Haymakers.
		Despite 13 hits for the team, Rockford 3B Cap Anson can't find an open spot of field and his record 17 game hitting streak is snapped against Cleveland.
		The regular season closes out with the Troy Haymakers beating the Rockford Forest Citys 14-10.
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	Sportsology.Net - Articles from Author Harvey Frommer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		November 10 - At the New York State Base Ball Convention in Albany, a motion passed that no club in New York composed of colored men would be admitted to the National Association.
		The first professional baseball league, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, was founded on March 17, 1871 in New York City.
		The organization's charter members included the Red Stockings, Chicago White Stockings, Cleveland Forest Citys, Fort Wayne Kekiongas, New York Mutuals, Philadelphia Athletics, Rockford Forest Citys, Washington Nationals, and Washington Olympics.
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	Cap Anson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Using a split grip, he hit.300 or better in twenty-five seasons, won two batting titles and eight RBI crowns averaging an RBI every five at-bats over the course of his career.
		Anson spent a year at Notre Dame, turned pro with the NA Rockford Forest Citys, played third base for the Philadelphia Athletics for four years, and joined Chicago when White Stockings owner William Hulbert formed the National League.
		Anson became the White Sox captain in 1878 and switched to first base exclusively when he took over as manager in 1879.
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	The Declarer (Floyd McWilliams' Blog)
		And just remember, you can be a hero even if you wear a goofy white bodysuit.
		Now that the Oakland Bumfucks -- I mean the Athletics -- have won two games in Kansas City, I can write about baseball without risk of injury to myself.
		Rockford Forest Citys(!) (Now I'm getting paranoid about these damn "forest citys")
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	Results from my Baseball History League - OOTP Developments Forums
		However, the league lost most of its western entries as Fort Wayne and Rockford disbanded due to lack of interest and Chicago due to the devastating fire that nearly destroyed the city in October 1871.
		The league in 1872 would be centered around New York City and the nation's capital, with six of the eleven teams hailing from one of the boroughs, Washington or Baltimore.
		In keeping with that theme, the 1871 champion Cleveland Forest Citys could not compete at all with the eastern entries who snapped up many of the best players from the former Rockford, Fort Wayne and Chicago teams.
	www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=86079&page=3 (5170 words)

	Results from my Baseball History League - Page 3 - OOTP Developments Forums
		Addy was, of course, called "Magnet" because of his superior fielding ability, and it was this fielding ability that caused him to be given the starting second base job with the Rockford Forest Citys in 1871.
		At 26, Bob was actually one of the more experienced players on the team, and he played a sort of "older brother" role with the team's younger stars, such as shortstop Pony Sager, center fielder George Bird and first baseman Adrian Anson.
		Because of their poor play and the high cost of travel to the East Coast, the Rockford team was disbanded after the 1871 season and its players were set free to sign with whatever teams they wished.
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	Archives
		The National Association of Base Ball Players was the very first professional baseball league, formed after the Cincinnati Red Stockings made it clear that professional baseball would be a big hit with the fans.
		In fact, the Chicago team was in the lead on October 17, 1871, the day the city caught fire.
		I won't go into all the details of the Chicago fire, but it almost literally wiped the city out.
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	Welcome to Hanford best city guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		All-Baseball.com - News Item: June 15, 1871 â“ The Rockford Forest Citys defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 10-7, a result that will be reversed after the season due to the Forest Citys using an ineligible player.
		Cape Cod Today - The following is a copy of a letter I sent to DUA (Dept. of Unemployment Assistance) in an effort to recieve unemployment benefits, but more importantly as a matter of principle for the outrageous and appauling manner for which I was treated.
		Residents of the Tri-Cities were not really certain that they could depend upon Hanford until 1947, when the federal government (now working through the newly...
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	The News Tribune (Lite) - A hesitant tip of the cap, to Cap
		Anson and I were married we went to Kansas City.
		Driving around the city as the guest of the Hudson car people with my two daughters I have had a very good opportunity to see the residence district and that also looks very good.
		Played for: Rockford Forest Citys (1871), Philadelphia Athletics (1872-1875), Chicago White Stockings or Colts (1876-1897).
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	Baseball Toaster : Mike's Baseball Rants : September 2004
		They destroyed the opposition and were back in the AA fold by August and then were merged into the NL for 1892.
		As for other teams that went from the minors to the majors, the Indianapolis Blues nee Capital Citys moved from the League Alliance in 1877 to the NL in 1878 and the Buffalo Bisons joined the NL in 1879 from the International Association.
		Oh, and technically, the original eight American League teams were the descendents of minor-league clubs from the Western League (1893-1899) and minor-league AL (1900).
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		1955 - The Philadelphia Athletics move and become the Kansas City Athletics.
		1968 - The Kansas City Athletics move and become the Oakland Athletics.
		Kansas City Cowboys (1886) and Washington Nationals (1886-1889) join.
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	National Baseball Hall of Fame - Dressed to the Nines - Parts of the Uniform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Boston Beaneaters revived the shield-front uniforms in 1897, but by the turn of the century the old-fashioned style was abandoned for good.
		At left: Fred Cone, Bob Addy and A.G. Spalding of the Rockford (Illinois) Forest Citys donning shield-front jerseys, 1869
		The late 1870s saw the introduction of the laced-front jersey.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /exhibits/online_exhibits/dressed_to_the_nines/jerseys.htm (1493 words)

	HistoricBaseball.Com -- Hall of Fame
		Al Spalding, George Wright and Harry Wright made their debuts with the Boston Red Stockings of the National Association.
		A day later, another Hall of Famer, Cap Anson, made his debut with the Rockford Forest Citys
		On May 1, 1880, Roger Connor and Mickey Welch debuted for the Troy Trojans.
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	SABR :\|\| Baseball Records Committee \| Evolution of Long Game by Innings Record
		10 - NEW MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD - Grand Duchess, Fort Wayne, Indiana - 5/23/1871 - National Association - Rockford Forest Citys 17 Fort Wayne Kekiongas 13 - on Dec 1, 1871 this game was awarded to Fort Wayne as 9-0 forfeit because Rockford had used ineligible player.
		13 - NEW FEDERAL LEAGUE RECORD - Gordon and Koppel Field, Kansas City, Missouri - 4/17/1914 - Kansas City Packers 4 Chicago Whales 3 in 2:43.
		24 - NEW AMERICAN LEGION RECORD - Regional Park, Midwest City, Oklahoma - 7/??/1973 - American Legion - Post 170 Midwest City 2 Post 170 Choctaw 1 in 6:06 - 50 fans, 15 fans at end - finished at 2:06 AM in the early morning of 7/??.
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		All-Baseball.com - News Item: June 15, 1871 The Rockford Forest Citys defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 10-7, a result that will be reversed after the season due to the Forest Citys using an ineligible player.
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