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21 unusual facts about Battle Creek


2012 Irwin Tools Night Race

Because of this, WOTV in Battle Creek, Michigan was the only West Michigan ABC affiliate airing the race, as WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan was simulcasting WXYZ-TV in Southfield, Michigan's Detroit Lions coverage and, unlike WXYZ-TV, chose not to join the race in progress, choosing to air syndicated programming instead.

Battle Creek, Nebraska

In 1859, following complaints of Pawnee depredations against settlers in the Elkhorn River valley, a combined force of Nebraska Territorial Militia under the command of General John Milton Thayer and 2nd U.S. Army Dragoons under Lieutenant Beverly Holcombe Robertson prepared to attack a Pawnee village.

Clarence W. Avery

He taught at a rural school for a year, and then, in 1902, became the head of manual training in the Battle Creek public schools.

Dann Howitt

Dann Paul John Howitt (born February 13, 1964 in Battle Creek, Michigan) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder.

Einar H. Ingman, Jr.

Sent to Percy Jones Army Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan, for further treatment, he spent the next two years undergoing twenty-three surgeries.

Frank Joranko

He was instrumental in bringing the NCAA Division III baseball tournament to Battle Creek, Michigan from 1990 to 1994, and he served as the tournament director during those years.

Gus Schumacher

Schumacher was a Consultant to the Food and Society Initiative at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Harry McEvoy

At the end of his studies he became a salesman for a small cereal company in Battle Creek, Michigan run by Will Keith Kellogg.

Henry Gene Skeen

His important commands included Commander, U.S. Army Troop Support Command in St. Louis, Missouri; Commander, Defense Industrial Support Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Commander, Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service in Battle Creek, Michigan; Commander, 88th Supply and Service Battalion in Vietnam; Commander, Regional Support Activity, Military Region II, Vietnam; Commander, U.S. Army Logistic Evaluation Agency at New Cumberland Army Depot; and Commander, Burtonwood Army Depot in England.

Margaret Hayes Grazier

She then took a position at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan as a temporary library consultant, until she eventually ended back up at the University of Denver in 1946.

MotorCities National Heritage Area

These counties comprise the Detroit metropolitan area as well as Saginaw, Flint, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Jackson and Kalamazoo.

Nate Doss

Other top finishes of the year include runner up finishes in two majors: The Scandinavian Open, held in SkellefteƄ, Sweden, and the World Championships, held in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, Michigan.

Pervis Spann

In his teens, he cared for his mother after she had a stroke, and made money picking cotton and managing a local movie theater before moving with his mother and sister to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1949.

Richard Horner Thompson

Returning from overseas, he was assigned as Commander of the Defense Logistics Service Center, Battle Creek, Michigan, until July 1973.

Ron Tripp

Ron Tripp (born April 1953) Battle Creek, Michigan, is a World Sambo and Judo champion and the current general secretary of USA Judo.

Roslyn Brock

Brock worked for ten years in healthcare management at the W. K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Sidney Brownsberger

The following year (1873), Adventist church leaders invited him to head the fledgling school that had been established in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Steve Bunin

Prior to ESPN, Bunin served as sports anchor/director at five different local news stations: WOTV-TV in Battle Creek, Michigan, from 2002-2003, WLAJ-TV in Lansing, Michigan, from 2000-2001, KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona, from 1998-2000, WICZ-TV in Binghamton, New York, in 1997 and WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York, in 1995-1996, where he worked alongside future CNN anchor Christopher Lawrence and future ABC anchor David Muir.

Thomas F. Olin

As a resident of Battle Creek, Michigan, Olin served on the Battle Creek Community Foundation Board of Trustees (Grant Review Committee) and as a board member of Michigan National Bank (1983-1996).

Verner Main

He was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced the practice of law in Battle Creek.

W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center

This was also the location of the W.K. Kellogg Airport (not to be confused with the W. K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek, Michigan).


1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision

The DC-3 was piloted by Arthur "Slim" Werkhaven of Sturgis, Michigan with co-pilot Edward Agner of Battle Creek, Michigan and was being flown from Battle Creek en route to Lexington, Kentucky.

Calhoun County, Michigan

Greyhound Lines provides intercity bus service to the county in both Battle Creek and Albion.

Cynthia H. Milligan

Besides her academic position, Milligan is currently a director of Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California; the Gallup Organization, Omaha, Nebraska, and Princeton, New Jersey; Calvert investment funds, Bethesda, Maryland; and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan.

Harry A. DeMaso

The oldest son of Italian immigrants from Pieve di Cadore, Harry DeMaso (born Aristide Augustino DeMaso) grew up in Battle Creek, Michigan.