Smoky Joe Wood
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Howard Ellsworth "Smoky Joe" Wood was an American professional baseball player for 14 years. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1908 to 1915, where he was primarily a pitcher, and for the Cleveland
Wood with the Boston Red Sox in 1915
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Ouray, Colorado
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Ouray is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 898 as of the 2020 census. The Ouray Post Office has the ZIP Code 81427. Loc
Smoky Joe Wood
…pitchers to win 30 or more games in one season (going 34–5 in 1912) since 1900. Wood played his first amateur baseball for a local minor league team in Ouray, Colorado. He made his debut with the mostly-female "Bloomer Girls." There were many such teams across the country, which barnstormed in exhibition games against…
Ouray looking north from Highway 550
Ouray, Colorado in 1901
D&RGW Railroad station in Ouray, 1940
View of Ouray in 2016