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INDEX Aaron, Hank, 134 Adams, Daniel Lucius “Doc,” 7 Adel, Iowa, 81, 93 Adel Iowa American Legion baseball team, 93, 96 African Americans, 66, 70, 72, 94, 101; and Brown v. Board of Education, 138; and G. Perry, 137–41; in Texas, 51, 53, 58, 63–69, 75 agrarianism, 11, 78, 83–84, 99, 150 Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), 89, 90, 92 agriculture, 81, 83, 89, 105, 125, 143; and boom of 1970s, 142; commercialized, 79; and First Agricultural Revolution, 79–80; golden age of, 84; marketoriented , 151; modernization of, 51; supply and demand in, 43–44, 81, 105. See also corn; cotton; farming; wheat Albany, New York, 15, 16, 21, 23 Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 95 Allenfarm, 65, 66 American Farm Bureau Federation, 88, 89, 90, 94, 96 American Legion baseball, 98 American Revolution, 14, 16 Angell, Roger, 9 Anglo Americans, 47, 54, 60, 62, 69–70, 72, 74–75; and African Americans, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69; in Texas, 51, 52, 53, 58, 59 Anson, Adrian Constantine “Cap,” 8 Artz, Al, 72, 73, 74 Austin, Stephen F., 52 Austin, Texas, 73, 74 Austin American Cup Race, 73, 74 Austin County, Texas, 51, 58, 59, 63, 73 Averell, James, Jr., 18 Balaton, Minnesota, 110, 114 Barzun, Jacques, 11 Beaufort County League, 128, 137 Bellville, Texas, 51, 72, 73 Bellville Cochattes, 55 Benson Chiefs, 115 Bergmann, Elmer, 148 Bergmann, Josef Arnošt, 58 Berry, Wendell, 105 Betts’ Chapel, Texas, 69 Bigg family, 126 Bingham, Tom, 31 Birdsall, Ralph, 4 Black Sox scandal of 1919, 132 Bleberstein, Max, 73 Bloch, Marc, 8, 150, 198n8 Boerne White Sox, 146, 147–49 Bonds, Bobby, 139 Boone Township, Iowa, 80, 179n8 Booneville, Iowa, 91 Boswell, Thomas, 9 Bowser, Bubba, 66 Brazos River, 53, 63, 65, 69 Brenham, Texas, 51, 55, 56, 66, 69–70, 71–72, 73 Brenham Baseball Association, 72, 73 Brenham Chamber of Commerce, 71 Brenham Saxons, 55 Brenham Wildcats, 72–73, 74 Brethren, 60, 62 Brewer, John, 31 Brewer, Nels, 31 206 i n d e x Brody, Frank, 95, 96, 98, 100 Brown, Elijah W., 37, 39, 42, 43, 44–45, 46, 47, 48 Brown, Gabriel, 37 Brown, Jimmy, 128, 129 Buffalo, New York, 21, 23 Buffalo Gap Chips, 146 Burditt, Luther, 33 Burleson County, Texas, 63 Burton, Texas, 51, 54, 57, 64, 65–66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72 California, 35–36, 37, 40, 43–49 California gold rush, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 48 California Land Act of 1851, 38 California League, 42 Campbell, Robert, 18 Campbell family, 17 Canton, Bruce, 9 Carlos baseball team (Minnesota), 104, 105, 110, 122 Carmine, Texas, 51, 54, 57, 69 Carmine Stars, 55 Carter, Jimmy, 142 Cartwright, Alexander J., 5, 6, 7, 39 Chadwick, Henry, 2, 3, 4 Chafee, Joseph, 31 Chafee, Samuel, 31 Chaska, Minnesota, 119 Chicago, 79, 83 Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company, 107, 120 China Spring, Texas, 74 Chinese Americans, 47 Cincinnati Red Stockings, 6, 8, 41–42, 43 cities/urban population, 36, 43, 79, 95, 149; in California, 39, 42; image of rural people, 83–84, 92; and origin of baseball, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11; and post– World War I economy, 86 City Lake Park, Boerne, Texas, 147 Civil Rights Act, 140 Civil War, 52, 53, 58, 63, 64, 81, 126, 137 Clark, Cyrus, 18 Clauss, Joe, 72, 73 Clay, Henry, 79 Cleveland Indians, 76, 94–95, 98, 129, 131, 136, 139–40, 184n41 Cochrane, Mickey, 95 Coleman family, 64, 67 Columbus Coloradoes, 52 commerce, 15, 16, 21, 79, 81, 106 commercialization, 7, 8 commoners, 19, 20, 25–26, 27. See also social class Congress, 88–89 Coolidge, Calvin, 89 Cooper, Isaac, 18, 19 Cooper, James, 19 Cooper, James Fenimore, 25–30, 31; The Deerslayer, 25, 30; Home as Found, 27–29, 30; The Last of the Mohicans, 25; The Pathfinder, 25; The Pioneers, 25–26, 27, 30; The Prairie, 25 Cooper, Paul, 31 Cooper, Samuel, 18 Cooper, William, 12, 14, 15, 16–17, 18, 19, 25, 26–27 Cooper family, 17 Cooper House Hotel, 33 Cooperstown, New York, 2, 6, 7, 11, 18, 29–30, 147; anti-ball measure in, 19–20, 150; ballplaying in, 30–31, 33; Board of Trustees, 18, 19, 23; Chamber of Commerce , 32; and J. F. Cooper, 26, 29; economy of, 15, 17, 21–23; and Mills Commission, 3–4, 30; ordinances passed in, 18–19; religion in, 24–25; social classes in, 15–20, 23–24 corn, 53, 65, 66, 74, 81, 82, 83, 89; and W. A. Feller, 90, 91, 97...

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