Council Bluffs Rails T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa 15 oz The team's early years were

The team's early years were rocky: dropped from the league five weeks into 1903

a minor league baseball team from Welch

the charter Western League club of Omaha

They produced a number of big leaguers

They are looser fitting and run true to size

Council Bluffs Rails T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa 15 oz The team's early years wereThe 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