The first league of that name played for four years (1887–1890) and consisted of teams in Ohio, Michigan and West Virginia.
The League contested its 1904 championship game in Philadelphia between York and Williamsport and attracted 3,500 fans to the Phillies' ball park[1] Charles F. Carpenter was president from 1906 to 1913.
[2] During the 1920s, two versions of the Tri-State League briefly existed: a 1924 loop with clubs in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, and a 1925–1926 association located in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas.
They played teams in Berry Road near La Plata, Maryland and in Hughesville among others.
The team is mentioned in the obituary of a player and coach, George Dyson, Jr in 2020.