Thomas Riley Marshall

Historical marker location:

101 West Van Buren Street, Columbia City, Indiana

( Marker is on West Van Buren Street, 0 miles east of Chauncey Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1976

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.