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Tales of Battle Creek
Listen to an interview with Bernice Lowe
The audio from this interview is provided by Lakeview High School Library.
Table of Contents
Why You Are Here
Why We Look Back
The Tour Begins
How They Came
Who Came
What They Found
Houses
Farms
Indians
Problems
Battle Creek in 1845
Ethnic Heritage
Negro Pioneers
The Germans
Jews from Germany
Scotch-Irish-Italian
East End Settlers
Some Polish Customs
East End Mission
A Matter of Names
Calhoun County and How It Grew
A Creek Called Battle
The City Chose Its Name
Harmonia--Mystery Village
Suburbs
Spring Lakes Area
Current Manufacturing
Sands McCamly Builds a Canal
Mills
Nichols & Shepard Company
Battle Creek Gas Company
Long Gone
Health For Sale
Pratt's Blood Purifier
That Man Peebles
Anti-Fat' Kellogg
Jebb Remedy Company
Et Cetera
Battle Creek Sanitarium and Dr. Kellogg
Principles and Profit
There Was a Reason
Boom!
W. K. Kellogg Builds on the Past
Two of a Kind
Early Schools
Battle Creek High School
The Beginnings of Kindergarten
Ann J. Kellogg School
Kingman Museum of Natural History
Battle Creek's Colleges
Kellogg Community College
Calhoun Intermediate School District
Clear Lake Camp
Farm Program
Newspapers
G.B.D..Journalist
The Enquirer and News
EXTRA!! EXTRA!!
A Prophecy
Banking
A Wildcat Bank
An Exchange Bank
National Banks
Water Supplies
In the Early Days
City Department
Battle Creek Township Water Department
Fire Fighting
Police Department
Battle Creek in Wartime
The Women 'Did Their Bit'
No Roads to Some Roads
Agitation for Good Roads
Railroads
Street Cars and Interurbans
Automobiles, Airplanes and Airport
Getting Together
Theaters
Hamblin Opera House
The Union Spy
Tycoons and Burlesque Queens
Post Theater
Radio
Battle Creek Civic Theatre
Music
Our Musical Heritage
The Battle Creek Symphony
Singing
Community Concert Series
Battle Creek Civic Art Center
United Arts Council
Parks
McCamly Park
Nature's Own
Prospect Park
Irving Park and T. Clifton Shepherd
Binder Park
Kimball Pines Park
W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary
Goguac Lake
Boats and Boating
Surby's Resort
Camping
'Drs.' Beidler and Their Park
Parker's Hill
Swimming
Sanitarium Villa
Islands
Tall Tales
Sports
Horses-Horses
Bicycles
The Bicycle Craze
Marksmanship
Baseball
Fore!
Holidays
Celebrating the New Year
St. Patrick's Day
Fourth of July
Thanksgiving
Christmas a Century Ago
Battle Creek Loved a Parade
One General Store
Precious Bygones of Days Gone By
Baths
Facilities
The Hired Man
The Hired Girl
Fashions in Grief
Echoes of the Voice of Experience
Sojourner Truth
Uriah Smith
Henry Willis
Pump Arnold - Legend
Leroy Sparks
The Kimball Family
Arch Flanner - Athlete and Planner
Ann Lapham Graves - Ahead of her Time
Sweet Family Legends
Mrs. John Harvey Kellogg as 'Mother'
Career Girls a Century Ago
Erastus Hussev and the Underground Railroad
Bernarr Macfadden - Phys Cult.
The Hall Family
Halladay Family
Mary I. Barber
Two Attorneys
Physicians
Foundations
The Tour Ends
The Yarn Spinners
Sources
For Further Reading
Index
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