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The community of Kuhburg, also known as Victory Center, exists today [2002] only in the minds of a few. It was situated in the northeast corner of section 35 and the southeast corner of Section 24. The 1859 plat map identified these acres belonging to Mr. Lauierbach. Fifteen years later in 1874 we see a saloon, hotel, blacksmith shop, and a church St. John Evangelical later renamed St. John United Church of Christ. That same year the Victory Center School, district number 1 was opened.
The one large room school building was of field stone and cement construction customary construction for the times. Entering the east front door you encounter an antechamber where coats where hung and lunch boxes placed. Passing through the antechamber either on the left or the right you entered the school room proper. Separate out-door toilets for boys and girls and the play ground area were in the back (west) of the school building. This area was originally known as Kuhburg or "Cow Town". It was founded by Hessen Germans in 1844. This was a small hamlet that in its day served as a stop over point for farmers taking their cattle to Milwaukee for butchering. There was a corral for the cattle and lodging rooms in a building next door. The patent purchasers of land in the immediate vicinity were John Schaetzel, Nelson Burst, Frederick Bartett, Carl Steffen, John Beckerle, and James Barrett. By 1859 this same land was owned by F. Lauierbach, J. Hassler, and A. Nauth. In 1874 we see P. Brunn, R. Radtke, J. Becker, and J. Young.
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