Table of Contents
Preface page 2
Dedication page 3
The History of Battle Creek page 5
PAWNEE INDIAN WAR OF 1859 page 7
NEBRASKA BECOMES A STATE page 10
FIRST SETTLEMENT IN AREA page 12
FIRST SETTLEMENT AT BATTLE CREEK page 13
THE VIRGNINIANS ARRIVE page 18
BATTLE CREEK PRECINCT page 25
HIGHLAND PRECINCT page 28
FAIRVIEW PRECINCT page 29
VALLEY PRECINCT page 29
DEER CREEK page 31
MADISON COUNTY IS FORMED page 36
BATTLE CREEK VILLAGE page 39
BATTLE CREEK TOWNSITE IS BORN page 40
THE RAILROAD COMES TO TOWN page 45
THE BATTLE CREEK ENTERPRISE IS FOUNDED page 45
MISS BRECHHEISEN IS 102 CHRISTMAS EVE, 1966 page 58
THE BATTLE CREEK MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYpage 73
STORY TELLING page 75
COUNTRY POST OFFICES page 79
MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS page 79
THE NIOBRARA STAGE LINE page 81
MUSING page 97
BOHEMIAN HOMESTEADERS page 99
HORSE THIEVES page 105
HORSE RACING IN BATTLE CREEK page 107
SPORTS STORY page 112
THE WIENCK FAMILY page 115
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN VOLK III page 116
GEORGE HURFORD page 118
DR. EDWARD TANNER page 119
JOSEPH DUFPHEY page 120
GEORGE BERRY page 121
PAUL RENNER, SR. page 122
THE GREEN FAMILY page 123
THE HENRY TOMHAGEN STORY page 124
REV. JACOB HOFFMAN page 128
WILLIAM BIERMAN page 130
THE KOESTER FAMILY page 132
THE PIONEER OF PIONEERS, JOHN F. TIEDGEN page 134
THE WHITLA FAMILY page 136
THE RODEKOHR FAMILY page 140
PIONEER DAYS page 141
Social Affairs page 143
Settling Down page 143
Drawing My Wages page 145
School page 147
Hard Work But Prospering page 147
Church page 148
Canada Again page 148
Two New Farm Homes page 149
Church page 149
Dry Times page 149
THE HUGHES FAMILY page 151
THE STOLLE FAMILY page 153
THE FRED RICHARDSON FAMILY page 154
THE DITTRICK STORY page 156
THE CARRABINE FAMILY page 157
THE WADES OF BATTLE CREEK page 159
THE BRINK FAMILY page 161
THE FLOOD FAMILY page 161
THE DOUGLAS PREECE FAMILY page 162
PATRICK J. O'NEILL page 166
ROSE O'NEILL page 168
FARMER ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED page 169
MRS. GEORGE W. HAIGHT page 169
THE CUNNINGHAM FAMILY page 171
MOLLIE TAYLOR page 172
THE COUNTRY DOCTOR page 176
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND DROUGHT OF THE THIRTIES page 179
ZIMMERMAN - WINTER FAMILIES page 184
EARLY DAY HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BATTLE CREEK, NEBRASKA
page 186
THE METHODIST CHURCH page 190
DAMON'S CHAPEL page 192
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH page 193
THE LUTHERANS page 193
DR. MARTIN MARTY page 198
ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH page 200
HISTORY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT 5, MADISON COUNTY page 202
BATTLE CREEK WINS THE COMMUNITY BETTERMENT CONTEST
page 209