[ksfarmboy]

I’ve been collecting Kansas baseball memorabilia for over 30 years and this is my second verified image from the 1870’s. Was searching Facebook on a Kansas history site and stumbled across this image of a gentleman’s great grandfather. The team is from the Manhattan, Ks area and called the Riversides. A fellow
historian helped him track down a box score of the game they played versus Topeka, which is where this photo was taken. Pretty happy to say the least and am very grateful he was willing to part with it. Crazy to think what was going on in Kansas in the 1870’s with the Wild West and baseball was a part of it. I should add the gentleman’s great grandfather is Griffing and his friend was named Pound but misspelled Ponnd.