Where the Past Meets the Present
Rose Creek City,
Nebraska
Rose Creek Nebraska is no longer in existance as a community. It still lives on via its history.
1864
Application of Ives Marks for post
office
at the Rose Creek
Mill.
"The first mill in the county was built on
Rose Creek, near Thayer County,
in 1863, by Rev. Ives Marks. Although not very extensive it was the
only
mill in the county until 1867, at which time D. C. Jenkins built a
mill
just below Steele City on the Little Blue. Marks' Mill, as the
place was
for some time called, where Mr. Marks located, became quite a
business
point, assuming in a few years the name of Rose Creek. There was
soon
sufficient business for two run of burrs, three stores of
general
merchandise, two blacksmith shops, one harness shop, one hotel, two
livery
stables and a pottery. Mr. Marks built a schoolhouse and organized
a United
Brethren Church. The Republican branch of the Burlington &
Missouri
Railroad passed to the north of this isolated but flourishing
village, and
the place is returning to its native wild appearance. The first
sermon
preached in the county was by Rev. Ives Marks, of the United
Brethren
denomination, in 1862, and he has been preaching in Jefferson and
adjoining
counties ever since that time."
Source: Andreas History of Nebraska
(1882)
Rose
Creek Cemetery Records via Ancestory.com
Historical Marker
on Highway 8, Jefferson County, Ne.