Berea Baptist Church Traditional Cache
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The cache is located at a small, white church located off of highway 2. Please replace the log in the top part of the container to help keep it dry. The following is a bit of history:
Millie Mundt, Dec. 27, 1927- August 26, 2012, from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was the first missionary to come to the church. Millie grew up on a dairy farm with 6 brothers and 5 sisters. She was one of only two of the children who went on to High School in Millersville, PA and graduated in 1946. Millie then went on to Lancaster School of the Bible. She also worked for RCA assembling color televisions. After graduation she joined the ministry of Rural and Village Missions. She was sent to small country churches in Kansas and Nebraska to help with their services and Sunday Schools. In 1958 she found herself in the small village of Berea, Nebraska. While working at the church there she met and married Arley Leroy Mundt on June 14th, 1958. The Mundt Family owns the church, but the congregation performs all the upkeep and improvements on the building. Services were held at 7 PM on Sunday but have not been held for a number of years. Berea is an unincorporated community in Box Butte County, in the northwestern part of the state of Nebraska. It has a population of about 50. The Burlington Railroad reached the area of Berea in 1889, and railroad support facilities, including a section house, were built on the site. The town was founded by a group of settlers, originally from Ohio, who named their new home after Berea, Ohio. In 1890-91, the town had a population of 50, and a general store, newspaper, and post office; five years later, a school and community hall had been added. The population of Berea fluctuated over the next century. The town was of some local importance as a shipping stop along the railroad, although it never developed many commercial enterprises. A garage opened in 1921, repairing both automobiles and farm machinery. In 1925, when the population was estimated at 35, the post office was re-opened; it closed again a year later. A refinery was operated in the town in 1935 by the Utility Petroleum Company of Chadron. In 1960, a population of 75 was reported for Berea. The District 39 school was closed in 2007, at which time it had nine students enrolled. In 2009, the town's population was estimated to be 50.
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