Fieldale Towelers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Virginia Union City Greyhounds Independence was a hard way

Independence was a hard way to make a living in the 1950s minors

and the Coal Miners in 1913

During the 1920s

The Manufacturers and the Athletics both played at the same Martinsville ballpark

railroad bypasses

Fieldale Towelers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Virginia Union City Greyhounds Independence was a hard wayThe Fieldale Towelers played three seasons in the Bi State League, from 1934 (as the Fieldale Virginians) through 1936. Fieldale was a company village carved out of Henry County, Virginia, by the Fieldcrest textile concern to house workers at its towel producing mills. The town existed because of one industry; the team's nickname made that explicit. Despite three losing seasons on the field, the 1936 Towelers produced one of the most remarkable