Dawson Stags - New Mexico - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt arizona " with "MANHATTAN" and "NEW

" with "MANHATTAN" and "NEW YORK" at the bottom

By the 1960s

Organized baseball arrived in a copper smelting town that needed something to cheer for beyond the next shift

Weathered golden-yellow block text reads "ÜPSCHITZ" above "CREEK" with "ESTD" and "1943" flanking the sides

it captured the essence of vintage Vegas for over six decades before closing in 2015

Dawson Stags - New Mexico - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt arizona " with "MANHATTAN" and "NEWDawson once thrived as a coal mining town in northeastern New Mexico, and by 1912 its Stags took the field in the Rocky Mountain League. Class D ball meant everything to towns like this, giving hardworking miners something to cheer for beyond the next shift. Dawson became a ghost town, but its baseball chapter deserves remembering. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: A small