• The historic location shown in the postcard is Cox Baseball Park, an early professional ball field in Joplin, Missouri.
  • Cox Park served as an early epicenter for local sports entertainment.
  • The park was famously home to the Joplin Miners (originally called the Joplin Colts) during their early years in the Western Association League, hosting teams like the championship-winning 1907 and 1910 Miners squads.