| A | B |
|---|
| Isaac Wilson | renamed our city |
| Christopher Payne | 1st white settler in Batavia, 1832 |
| limestone | stone mined from the Quarry |
| Mary Todd Lincoln | stayed at Bellevue Place after her husband was shot |
| Mayor of Batavia | Jeff Schielke |
| pioneer | person who settled a new open piece of land |
| wagons | form of transportation in the past |
| Old Louise White | burned down |
| J.B. Nelson School | opened in 1955 |
| Kane | county that we live in |
| Dutch | the language that "Batavia" comes from |
| Batavia, New York | the place our city is named after |
| Fox | river in our community |
| Indians | lived here before white men |
| prairie grass | tall plant that covered this area in early 1800's |
| Windmill City | one of the nicknames of our community |
| paper making | one of the big industries in the early years |
| Fair Meadows | the word Batavia translates to in Dutch |
| Big Woods | original name of our community |
| white settlers | forced Indians westward |
