Pioneer Park: San Francisco's Forgotten First Ball Park - Revision history

Ccarlsson at 07:15, 10 September 2021

2021-09-10T07:15:39Z

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	NOTE ON THE MAP		NOTE ON THE MAP
	The map, referred to as MAP ONE, is a portion of a larger map on file in the San Francisco Recorder's Office in San Francisco City Hall. It is entitled PIONEER RACE COURSE TRACT and is filed under GLIDE A-526.		The map, referred to as MAP ONE, is a portion of a larger map on file in the San Francisco Recorder's Office in San Francisco City Hall. It is entitled PIONEER RACE COURSE TRACT and is filed under GLIDE A-526.

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2016-06-10T01:50:49Z

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	Regardless, Recreation Grounds owes its existence to the loss of the city's first ballpark and the need for a replacement park where the increasingly popular game of baseball could be played and watched in comfort by San Franciscans.		Regardless, Recreation Grounds owes its existence to the loss of the city's first ballpark and the need for a replacement park where the increasingly popular game of baseball could be played and watched in comfort by San Franciscans.

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			'''Recreation Grounds, c. 1880s, main spectator stands, homes behind are still standing in 2016 on Folsom Street at 25th.'''

			''Photo: Online Archive of California, I0013184a''

	Finally, and most significantly, it just may have been that it was Pioneer Park, with its grandstands capable of accommodating hundred, perhaps thousands, which contributed to, or which may even have created the popularity of baseball in San Francisco, thereby resulting in the construction of Recreation Grounds.		Finally, and most significantly, it just may have been that it was Pioneer Park, with its grandstands capable of accommodating hundred, perhaps thousands, which contributed to, or which may even have created the popularity of baseball in San Francisco, thereby resulting in the construction of Recreation Grounds.

2016-06-09T18:53:33Z

added new photo, italics for papers (incomplete)

2016-06-09T00:45:38Z

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