The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04
WOULD GIVE BIG COLLECTION
Urges the Building of New Portion TO
Old County Building for Use as a
Memorial Hall-Plan Involves Only
Small Expense.

| cords of Kenosha and kenOsha county
is being started by Frank H. Lyman,
| secretary of the commission recently
named by the county board to provide
suitable memorial to the men of Ken
osha county who served in the war of
the rebellion and if the plan suggested
by Mr.. Lyman is carried out Kenosha
county will in few years have one Of
the most interesting historical collec-
lions to be found in any county Of
Wisconsin.
The plan as suggested includes the
building by the county of a suitable
fire proof building for the housing of
these relics and for the housing Of the
record of the Kenosha county soldiers
in the war of the rebellion.
The commission named to prepare the
Memorial for the soldiers has found
that the plan Of placing the names on
bronze tablets has many things against
it and the secretary is suggesting a new
plan Of having the names of the sold
iers placed in proper order by regi-
ments and company on parchments, the
names to be written in India ink and
these parchments properly framed and
hung on the walls of the proposed
Memorial hall. In addition to this the
commission would prepare complete
card catalogue touching the life and
/ service of every man from Kenosha
county who took part in the civil war
This catalogue would be arranged in
such a way as to make it easy to re-
fer to and easy to keep in condition. In
| other counties in the state the records
of the soldiers have been placed in one
great volume and the handling of this
volume has been found to be difficult
| and in addition to this the volume is so
bulky as to make it, decidedly short
| lived.
The plan suggested by Secretary Ly-
man would make it possible for these
records to be permanently preserved
without any of the handicaps attending
the printing or the writing of the re-
cords in any one single book.
The movement of Mr.. Lyman for the
county is the biggest movement ever
suggested for the preservation Of the
interesting history Of Kenosha county.
To stimulate this plan Mr.. Lyman has
offered to present to the city or county
| his great collection of relics, if either
the city or county will provide q, fire
proof building for the housing Of these
relics In this collection are to be found
relics of every war in the history Of
| the nation. In the collection is a mus
ket carried by one Of the soldiers in
the war of the revolution, a canteen
carried by one of the soldiers in the
war of 1912, a musket used in the Mex
lean war and Mr.. Lyman is certain that
/ he could secure for such hall sabre
which was carried by one of the sold
iers of the Union Army who was pres
ent at the capture of Jefferson Davis
the president of the Confederacy.
Possibly the most notable feature of
/ the Lyman collection is his collection
of Indian relics. This collection is
valued at from 81 800 to $4,000 and it
/ is without question of doubt one of
the finest collections Of Indian relics
/ to be found in the country. 1t is far
/ superior to the collection housed in
the Memorial hall at Oshkosh. Most
/ of these relics were collected in Ken
osha county and the surrounding ter
ritory and they have a distinct his
torical interest to the people of the
county. The Lyman collection in it S
! entirety would be valued at more than
$4,000 1t is certain that the gift of
| this collection to the city or county
/ would result in other collections owned
in the county BEING contributed SO that
within short time the county which
is rich in historical relics would have
| the best collection to be found in the
state. In addition to the records of the
/ soldiers, collections of relics and of
war relies, Mr.. Lyman suggests that
the pictures of early pioneers of the
county could be placed in the Memorial
hail. At the present time hundreds of
pictures Of the. pioneers could be Sc
cured in the county but within few
years it will be impossible to secure
these pictures.
Mr.. Lyman has suggested that the
county could arrange for such Mem
orial hall By the rebuilding of the old
county building and adding another
story to the building. The lower por-
ton of the building could then be used
for the municipal court while the up.
per room could be built for the express
use as a Memorial hall. This would be
sufficiently large to provide room for
| the housing ofSall Of the relies and re-
cords and il wosld be an easy matter
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