Fort Plain, New York
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Fort Plain is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,930, down from 2,322 in 2010. The village is named after a fort built during the Amer
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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
Fort Plain, New York
…times and whose building was acquired and used by the Clinton Liberal Institute, before being destroyed by fire in 1900. Fort Plain is the birthplace of Bud Fowler, the first black professional baseball player. Fowler appeared in an exhibition game with a team from Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1878, 68 years before…
Bud Fowler
Fowler (top row, center) with the Keokuk, Iowa team of the Western League in 1885