Battle Cemetery and Community
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Marker Text: Established about 1880, the Battle community was named for local landowner Nicholas W. Battle (1820-1905). By the 1890s a town had developed, including a school, post office, business, homes, and churches. A cemetery was established on land acquired from Alexander and Kenneth McLennan. The earliest documented grave dates to 1888. Following the building of the International and Great Northern Railroad line about 1901, the town began to decline. The Battle Cemetery stands as a memorial to the area's pioneers. (1968)
Marker No: 317
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 31.519371, -96.871887
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Location: From Mart Highway 164 to Battle Lake Road travel about 1 1/2 miles, to Battle Road, turn north proceed about 1 mile to intersection with Middleton Road, turn west marker is on left about 1/2 mi west on Middleton Road.
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