The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-02-21

They welcomed each new era,
| AS we welcome It today
They staked for US the landmarks
And lined the waters way.
And women brought the graces,
The best the East could give,
| To feed and nourish children,
/ With values that must live.
They bravely bore their part, and more,
And more they would have borne,
For love of him and love of his,
And the triple love-crown worn.
Through war and famine, failure, loss,
Through dark and CHASTITY fears,
They had no time to count these,
No time to measure tears;
Then rally, we who follow,
Their souls rich garments, don,
And prove to coming ages,
That we have carried On"
Descendants Must "Carry On
Limiting my "call'' to descendants
of the primitive pioneers described,
and the area to the little southeast
corner of Wisconsin, now known as
Kenosha county. but then allowed a
somewhat broader area, let me make
my plea; and this entire prelude has
|. been prepared as means to that end,
and to verify possible rightf'2l claim
on my part to make it.
Memorial Building Needed.
1t is this: To see erected upon some
historic spot in Kenosha, not make
| shift of building, but one, freproof,
massive and permanent in structure
for coming time, capacious enough and
designed for all the needs of its pur-
pose, and dedicated to the memory of
those men and women who, with Wis
ions, endurance and achievement made
it possible for Kenosha to be what it
is, or can ever become. Som awhat iso-
lated and unique were these first set
Elements bordering the lake, compared
even with those farther west.
Among the odornments of this build
ing, | would have the best type of
American Indian represented, separat-
ed from the highest type of American
civilization by the "Stars and Stripes"
A replica of that old lighthouse glim-
mer that so charmed me when, with
little hands clasped by strong ones, l
was led to the end of that first pier
to view the great lake. The Golden
Gate" wheeling about. it's. end, was a
spectacle of that time, more than rs
years ago.
Sacred to ''The Pioneer"
On the other side of this imposing
building, linking the past with the
present, I would have the brilliant
electric bulbs of today flash out its
letterea name "The Pioneer"
The interior arrangement of the
building would be similar to others of
its kind furnishing departments for
| historical works, art treasures, memoir
| ials, relics, etc. Among the last named
there might be seen some inventions
that have thrilled the world. Repli-
cas- of that old Ozanne windmill created
by artist or mechanic might compete
at least, in decorative use, with the
old Dutch one that has held its place
so long, and may still hold it, in its
own historic delft. 1t was more grace
full in proportion and form and took
on the colors of our own eastern skies.
Such a building, with such contents,
| would, surely, be of sufficient value in
all educative ways as to appeal to all
later corners and their descendants for
help and support.
My plea has. been made and / leave
| it without further detail in the names
of two pioneers, one name chos-
en- for my own and that of my sons,
the other given to me in that far-away
time of Indian Trails and Prairie
Fires
FRANCES A. B. DUNNING.