Visalia Stars Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Size:2XL Port Arthur was an industrial

Port Arthur was an industrial city shaped almost entirely by oil

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The city had grown substantially during World War II when Harlingen Army Airfield served as a major training base

The Fliers name arrived the same year Stockton Field opened as an Army flying school

Thomasville returned for the 1962-63 revival as the Tigers once more under Detroit affiliation

Visalia Stars Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Size:2XL Port Arthur was an industrialThe Visalia Stars, based in Visalia, California, played the 1953 season in the Class C California League, a one year identity in the middle of one of minor league baseball's most durable small markets. Visalia had joined the league in 1946 as the Visalia Cubs, and when the Chicago affiliation lapsed for 1953 the club played as the Stars before the Cubs name returned the following year. The Stars played at Recreation Park, the intimate downtown