Kansas Baseball, 1858-1941

As baseball was becoming the national pastime, Kansas was settling into statehood, with hundreds of towns growing up with the game. The early history of baseball in Kansas, chronicled in this book, is the story of those towns and the ballparks they built, of the local fans and teams playing out the drama of the American dream in the heart of the country.

Mark Eberle’s history spans the years between the Civil War-era and the start of World War II, encapsulating a time when baseball was adop...