Original Name: Originally known as Beaver Creek, but after the Bear River Massacre, which took place on the banks of this stream, was thereafter known as Battle Creek
- Settled: The first house in Battle Creek was built in 1877, a year before the railroad came
- Original Name: First known as Beaver Creek
- Origin of Name: After the Bear River Massacre on its banks, the stream and community were known as Battle Creek
- Known for: Many relics, including old ttun barrels, rusty knives, bows, arrowheads and human bones were uncovered when farmers plowed their fields, where the encounter had taken place
- Early History: The Utah Northern Railroad Company extended its narrow-gauge railroad from Preston, through Battle Creek and on to Montana’s goldfields; the line through the river bottoms south of Bridgeport, up a steep grade that needed “helper’ engines to ascend the incline; the settlement grew from the need for facilities to house helper engines; Bridgeport died, while Battle Creek boomed, practically overnight; it had a store, a hotel, an amusement hall, a school, two saloons and about fifteen dwellings; in 1866 the railroad moved its buildings when the line was re-routed and tracks torn up in 1890
- Location: 8.9 miles (14 minutes) east of Preston on Hwy 91, state historic signs are on the east side of the highway for Utah Northern Railroad and Bear River Massacre
- No population figures for this rural Franklin County, Idaho community
Source: “The Blazer Trail, Early History of Franklin County, Idaho; third edition, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, compiled by Alexis Champneys Beckstead