Ball Club Minnesota Community Guide

 History:

BALL CLUB is the name of a railway village at the south end of Ball Club Lake, which is translated from its Ojibwe name, suggested by the form of the lake. The Indians were fond of playing ball, and their club or bat used in this game was called La Crosse by the French, being the source of the name given to a city and county in Wisconsin. A post office named Ball Club was established in 1903 in section 2 of T. 144N, R. 26W on the Leech Lake Reservation; it was spelled first as Ballclub until 1950; it became a rural community branch in 1964; it had a station of the Great Northern Railway.

Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society

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Aerial photo is courtesy of Microsoft's Terra Server and the US Geological Survey

Topographic photo is courtesy of Microsoft's Terra Server and the US Geological Survey