The Minist's section of Brooklyn was probably an area in the flat bush neighborhood called

Pigtown.

It was a filthy, crime-ridden area, but Charles Ebett's thought it was a perfect place for

a baseball field.

Pigtown was a literal name.

He was full of shacks and shanties, and pigs and goats roamed the streets, feasting

on garbage delay everywhere.

Secretly, Charles Ebett's began buying parcels of land in Pigtown.

He was the majority owner of the Brooklyn Baseball Club, which had many nicknames over

the years.

But the one that stuck was the Dodgers, which was short for Trolley Dodgers.

Trolley Dodgers referred to the pedestrians of Brooklyn who had to dodge street cars or

Trolley's as they walked around the city.

Street cars were the most popular form of mass transit in the boroughs of New York in the

late 1800s and early 1900s.

The Trolley's moved with far more speed than the pedestrians were used to.

These people had grown up with horses and wagons and carriages, and when an electric

trolley came flying down the street, the pedestrians had to jump out of the way to save their

own lives.

Oftentimes, they didn't make it.

As subways and automobiles became more popular in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, Brooklyn phased

out the old street car system.

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