Bud Fowler
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Bud Fowler, born "John W. Jackson", was an American baseball player, manager, and club organizer. He is the earliest known African-American player in organized professional baseball. He was elected to
Bud Fowler
Fowler (top row, center) with the Keokuk, Iowa team of the Western League in 1885
Cooperstown, New York
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Cooperstown is a village in and the county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefiel
Bud Fowler
…was christened John W. Jackson. His father had escaped from slavery and migrated to New York. In 1859, his family moved from Fort Plain, New York, to Cooperstown. He learned to play baseball during his youth in Cooperstown. Biographer L. Robert Davids writes that he was nicknamed "Bud" because he called the other…
Main Street, part of the Cooperstown Historic District
Entrance to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
The Fenimore Art Museum
The Clark Estates building, originally the Otsego County Bank, was built in 1831 in the Greek Revival style