Historical Marker
Water Wheel Pit
Historical marker location:
West Milford, New Jersey
( Marker is on Greenwood Lake Turnpike, on the right when traveling west.)
1873.
New Jersey was the site of the first organized baseball game, played in Hoboken on June 19, 1846. The New York Nine defeated the Knickerbockers 23-1 in a game that lasted four innings.