Part 9, Note 76

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Colorado Citizen, April 1, 1880, July 1, 1880, July 8, 1880, July 6, 1882; for reports on Weimar's celebrations, see Colorado Citizen, August 15, 1878, September 5, 1878, May 15, 1879; for reports on those at Oakland, see Colorado Citizen, May 8, 1879, October 14, 1880, May 12, 1881, May 11, 1882, May 18, 1882, October 12, 1882, October 26, 1882, November 30, 1882, December 14, 1882; for reports on Juneteenth celebrations, see Colorado Citizen, June 26, 1879, June 24, 1880, June 23, 1881, June 22, 1882; for reports on the Eagle Lake picnics, see Colorado Citizen, May 8, 1879, May 15, 1879, May 13, 1880; for reports on the Columbus Volks Fest see Colorado Citizen, April 29, 1880, May 6, 1880, May 13, 1880, May 20, 1880, May 27, 1880, June 3, 1880, June 10, 1880, June 9, 1881, June 16, 1881, July 14, 1881. Baseball activity in the county had been somewhat diminished between 1878 and 1882. There was one known game involving teams from the county in each of 1878 and 1879, but none in 1880 or 1881. In 1882, teams from Columbus and La Grange played each other at least twice, with each team winning one game, and a team from Oakland played and beat one from Harmony (see Colorado Citizen, July 18, 1878, April 17, 1879, August 11, 1881, June 1, 1882, June 22, 1882, July 6, 1882, July 27, 1882, August 3, 1882, August 21, 1882, October 26, 1882).