In the mid 1800's, immigrants from Bohemia and Germany began settling the Chipmunk Coulee area, including the Belling, Bendel, Hiekel, Herold, Kunerth, Lorenz, Meyer, Neumann, Paudler, Preidel, Ringel, Ritschel, Starch, Tietze, and Werner families. In 1862, a log cabin mission church was built and the cemetery was established. In 1875, a second church was built within the cemetery. In 1903, a third church was built on this site, and services were held there until about 1940, after which the church was razed. Its bell now rings at Asbury United Methodist Church in La Crosse.