Dutchess-Columbia County Line

Historical marker location:

159 Mt. Ross Hill Road, Pine Plains, New York

( Marker is on Mt. Ross Hill Road (County Route 50) 0.8 miles west of New York State Route 199, on the right when traveling west.)

The first-ever recorded baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, but the modern rules of the game were established in New York City in 1845 by the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club.