Patrick Shields

Historical marker location:

Georgetown Park, Georgetown, Indiana

( Marker is on Wissman Road south of the railroad tracks, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2005

Bicentennial Celebration of First Georgetown Settlers. 1805 - 2005.

The first professional baseball game in the United States was played in Indiana on May 4, 1871. The game was played in Fort Wayne between the Cleveland Forest Citys and the Fort Wayne Kekiongas.