Down town Battle Creek, Luna Theater on left,  about 1925

Battle Creek 1890's

Front of Luna Theatre

Battle Creek water tower in 1907
at that time located along the highway that goes through Battle Creek
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Battle Creek Hose Co. No. 1

1895 -1995
100 years 

The hose company was organized January 25, 1895, and officers were elected. The charter members and officers were:

J. B. White, Foreman H. L. Hastings, Ass’t. Foreman
V. W. Sylvester Secretary Wm. Warnock Treasurer
Chas. Ballman Steward

Other Members

Bangs, F. W.  Harvey, J. E.  Derr, L.
Wilson, Ivan  Smith, F. J. Taylor, C. A.
Miller, A. Durst, Henry

Members over the years

Albers, Rod Beery, Bruce Behn, F. W.
Bartels, Warren Bond, Brian Brock, Bruce
Bjorholm, Robert Campbell, E. H. Campbell, Jed
Brown, Kurt Christensen, J. A. Sr. Christensen, J. F. Jr.
Carlson, E. E. Conley, Jim Conn, J. T.
Colie, H. C. Dausel, Byron Douthrity, Ream
Cooper, Tom Fitch, Craig Flater, Dudley
Empey, W. H. Groene, Rich Gunderson, Robert
Gregerson, Martin Henderson, Guy Hendricks, W. W.
Heath, J. M. Hoefer, O. H. Horstman, Ed
Hesse, Wm. Hupke, Scott Johnson, D. W.
Horstman, Paul Jones, W. E. Kendall, Will
Jones, C. P. King, R. W. Krueger, Arthur
King, Kenneth Lenth, M. H. Lloyd, J. F.
Krueger, James McLien, Floyd Mefferd, Kevin
Marsh, Lee Meier, Wayne Mickelsen, Allen
Meier, Ron Modrell, John Morgan, H. O.
Miller, Gerald Petersen, Lewis Petersen, Tom
Parks, D. A. Reitz, Henry Reitz, Lawrence
Peterson, J. W. Rickabaugh, Ernest Rickman, E. H.
Renfro, Rich Sellman, Herb Smith, David
Rosch, Jim Spotts, Elwood Spotts, O. O.
Sowers, Earl Stalker, Alex Tarr, Bill
Spotts, W. H. Triplett, Gene Vermeys, Keith
Tompke, John Warnock, J. A. Witt, Jim
Vollerson, C. H. Woodruff, Ben
Wonder, Ronald

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