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The Pioneer League is a minor league baseball league which currently operates in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. In the past, it also operated in adjoining portions of Canada. It is a Rookie league, which means that it has a short season (June-August) and almost exclusively features players newly signed to professional contracts.

The Pioneer Baseball League began in 1939 with six teams in Idaho and Utah. The league suspended operations for the 1943 through 1945 seasons. In 1948, the league expanded into Montana. At that time, several of the teams were operating as minor league affiliates of Pacific Coast League teams, which were unsuccessfully trying to grow into a major league. When the Los Angeles Dodgers displaced the Hollywood Stars PCL team, they moved to Salt Lake City, UtahSalt Lake City is the state capital of and largest city in Utah, a state of the United States of America. It sits in the Salt Lake Valley in north-central Utah along the Wasatch Front at an elevation of 4,330 ft (1,320 m). The valley is mostly surrounded, taking away the Pioneer League's largest market. By 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac, the league was down to six teams, and by 1964Events January January 1 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Ort, there were only four, but by the end of the 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends there were eight teams.

The league is divided into a Northern Division and a Southern Division.

Current member teams:

• Billings Mustangs - Northern Division
• Casper Rockies - Southern Division
• Great Falls White SoxThe Great Falls White Sox is a minor league baseball team based in Great Falls, Montana. This team has been in existence since 1978. Like other minor league teams, the White Sox recruit players from all over the United States, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, a - Northern Division
• Helena BrewersThe Helena Brewers are a minor league baseball team located in Helena, Montana. The Brewers (nicknamed the "Brew Crew") compete in the Pioneer League, along with the Billings Mustangs, the Missoula Osprey, the Great Falls White Sox, the Idaho Falls Chukar - Northern Division
• Idaho Falls Chukars - Southern Division
• Missoula Osprey - Northern Division
• Ogden Raptors - Southern Division
• Provo Angels - Southern Division