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BABE RUTH

Hit his first home run in professional baseball, March, 1914. 135 yds. N.W. In this town George Herman Ruth acquired the nickname "Babe."Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Hit his first home run in professional baseball, March, 1914. 135 yds. N.W. In this town George Herman Ruth acquired the nickname "Babe."

Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID I33)

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