The Original Eleven The following Clubs were represented at the first International Convention in Louisville, Kentucky in 1919: Indianapolis, Indiana Louisville, Kentucky St. Louis, Missouri St. Joseph, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Milwaukee, Wisconsin Denver, Colorado Kansas City, Kansas Syracuse, New York Buffalo, New York Chicago, Illinois Other Clubs known to be, or believed to have been, in existence at the time of the first convention were: Los Angeles, California San Diego, California San Francisco, California Washington, D.C. Peoria, Illinois Springfield, Illinois Rochester, New York Cincinnati, Ohio Minneapolis, Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota Baltimore, Maryland Grand Rapids, Michigan Several of these Clubs and one or two of those represented at the convention ceased to exist within a few months and were not reorganized until several years later. |