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The original version of the league played from 1913 to 1917 as the successor to the Carolina Association. The second version of the league was established in 1937 in part in order to compete with the Piedmont -region independent league, the Carolina League , and ran through 1953 when it combined with the Western Carolina League to form the Tar ...
North Carolina, Virginia: Class D: 1948–1951 Virginia Mountain League: Virginia: Independent (1912 Class D (1914) 1912, 1914 Virginia-North Carolina League: North Carolina, Virginia: Class C (1901) Class D (1905) 1901, 1905 Virginia Valley League: Kentucky, Oregon, West Virginia: Class D: 1910 Washington State League: Washington: Class D ...
New Jersey State League; New York State League (1885–1917) New York–New Jersey League; New York–Penn League; New York–Pennsylvania League (1923–1937) North Atlantic League; North Carolina State League; North Texas League; Northeast Arkansas League; Northeast League; Northeastern League; Northern Association; Northern Copper Country ...
Raleigh's first professional baseball franchise dates back to 1900 in the form of the Raleigh Senators of the North Carolina Association. The Senators moved to the Virginia–North Carolina League in 1901. The team then switched leagues again to the North Carolina League and changed their name to the Raleigh Red Birds. The team folded after the ...
The most recent incarnation of the league was the post-World War II Tri-State, a Class B circuit with clubs in Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. This league, which played from 1946–1955, typically included clubs in Charlotte , Asheville , Knoxville , Rock Hill and Spartanburg ; most of its teams were affiliated with Major League ...
11. Thurn and Taxis Mail. The private company operated postal service back in the 1800s and enjoyed a monopoly on postal services. The company's dominance came to an end after Prussian victory ...
The Statesville Owls were a minor league baseball team located in Statesville, North Carolina.Statesville minor league teams played a member of the North Carolina Association (1900), Tar Heel League (1939–1940), North Carolina State League, (1942, 1945–1952), Tar Heel League (1953), Western Carolina League (1960–1962) and Western Carolinas League (1963–1964, 1966–1967, 1969), winning ...
On Feb. 6, 1815, the state of New Jersey granted John Stevens and his associates in the New Jersey Railroad Company the first railroad charter in the United States.