The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-08-28
Orman Yule Finds Copy Of
First Directory of Kenosha
In Books of His Father,
the late John i. Yule.
WAS PUBLISHED IN 1858
Little Book of Less Than 10 Pages
Lists 1900 Heads of Families of Park
City - Modern Kenoshans Recognize
Names of Old Firms and Streets.

The Kenosha Of 1882, when less
than five thousand people were reckon
ed as its inhabitants, was what several
kenoshans tried to imgine on Wednes-
day evening when they were shown the
first directory Of Kenosha, found but
1cently by Orman Yule among the
books Of his father, the late John E.
Yule,, pioneer resident of Kenosha.
The book, thin brown cloth bound
volume Of less than seventy pages, not
much larger than fair sized almanac,
was published in 1858 and boosted of
the less than 1900 names which it had
listed as the heads of families of
the flourishing city Of Kenosha. !
The book is one of the few copies Of
the old directory which may still be
found in Kenosha and proved ex
tremely interesting to all Of the Keno
shans who have seen it.
In the preface to the interesting llst
Of names, the editors digress enough
from their purpose of explaining the
origin of 7 Kenosha's first directory
to praise the people Of this thriving
city on its remarkable growth. They
explain that the work has been long
under considerable and admit the pos
sibilitv of erro. IN the compilation of
such a task. In the directory proper
very little is attempted beyond the
mere listing of the names of the heads
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ing that each name represented a.
family of five the population Of the
city could not have been much over
the 5000 mark
IN the advertisements, which it is
said made the book possible the
Kenoshans who found the book inter
esting on Wednesday, discovered the
names Of several firms still remembered
IN Kenosha. There was the old Water
Cure which later became the Pen
meyer Sanitarium and which is soon to
be the new St. Catherine S Hospital
and there was also the Brown store,
once known as the Park City store and
many years later owned by G. 9. Brown,
now the president Of the First National
Bank. Mention is also made of the
Telegraph Courier the first news
paper Of Kenosha county and the paper
still published weekly by the Kenosha
News Publishing Company.
One interesting page of the directory
is the one listing the various military
organizations Of which the Park City
then boasted. There were three units
The Kenosha City Guards, the Keno
sha Rife Company and the Washington
Light Guards and one look down the
roster Of the companies left no doubt
as to what part Of Kenosha IS varied
population were preparing to do the
scrapping If any was to be done There
was clear alibi for the "fghtin'
Irish for down the rosters were the
names Of Kiernans and Murphys and
Kellys and Flanegans and lots Of
them too.
The book will undoubtedly prove in
teresting when compared to the new
directory Of the city which it is said
will be published by the Wright Com
pany in the very near future and which
it is believed may place an estimate of
approximately $4,000 people for this
city. The & First Directory is one
Of number Of interesting books found
in the library Of the late John T. Yule,
all of which are undoubtedly. of great
historical value for the city