Virginia Mountain League
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The Virginia Mountain League was a class D minor league baseball organization active in central western Virginia in 1914. It had four teams: the Charlottesville
Tuckahoes, the Clifton Forge
Railroaders, the Covington
Papermakers, and the Staunton
/ Harrisonburg
Lunatics (the Staunton team moved to Harrisonburg in July 1914). The league disbanded on July 25, 1914 because of poor attendance and suspicions of game fixing.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...
Tuckahoes, the Clifton Forge
Clifton Forge, Virginia
Clifton Forge is a town in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States which is part of the Roanoke Region. The population was 3,884 at the 2010 census. The Jackson River flows through the town, which as a result was once known as Jackson's River Station....
Railroaders, the Covington
Covington, Virginia
Covington is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia, located at the confluence of Jackson River and Dunlap Creek. It is in Alleghany County where it is also the county seat. The population was 5,961 in 2010. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Covington with Alleghany...
Papermakers, and the Staunton
Staunton, Virginia
Staunton is an independent city within the confines of Augusta County in the commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 23,746 as of 2010. It is the county seat of Augusta County....
/ Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical...
Lunatics (the Staunton team moved to Harrisonburg in July 1914). The league disbanded on July 25, 1914 because of poor attendance and suspicions of game fixing.