Council Bluffs Rails T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa Color:Tan The Big State League folded

The Big State League folded after the 1957 season with only four teams completing the schedule

winning the league pennant in 1904 and finishing third or better for seven consecutive seasons

so it retains its shape even after washing

and surrounding central Kentucky towns

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Council Bluffs Rails T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa Color:Tan The Big State League foldedThe Council Bluffs Rails existed for two months in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and packed a full franchise saga into them. In May 1935 the owner of the Omaha Packers, a Western League fixture for 35 years, stopped making payroll. The league took over the club, and on June 25 the franchise moved across the Missouri River to Council Bluffs. The Council Bluffs Nonpareil ran a naming contest that drew 1,100 entries, including the Beat em Alls, the Mormons, and