Martin AshleyCo-authors Martin Ashley and Kurt Thornton are lifelong residents of Battle Creek. Ashley has served as the historian for Oakhill Cemetery and the First Presbyterian Church of Battle Creek. Thornton is a local historian known for his pen and ink drawngs of regional scenes, is a member of the Battle Creek Historic District Commission and author of Images of America: Battle Creek, also published by Arcadia. Together they have worked to preserve local history and helped produce a local history magazine, Heritage Battle Creek: The Rock and Roll Years, distributed by the Historical Society of Battle Creek. Read More Read Less