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Wisconsin State Journal from Madison, Wisconsin • 11

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Madison, Wisconsin
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WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1953 SECTION 1, PAGE 11 County Deeded 8 Acres for Brigham Park 1 7 New Park Honors Ebenezer Brigham, First White Settler DIAL 6-3111 -s v- I i u.01 ouijii nun jiuDiwummi'iiini im 1 rrf) Gigantic PV' CELEBRATION jp TW WIG WAY The Blue Mounds hilltoo. where Ebenezer Brigham broke ground to become the first permanent white 1 settler in Dane county, became the county's sixth park Saturday. Mrs. Charles I. Brigham.

widow of Charles Ilsley Brigham, who was Ebenezer Brigham's great-nephew, donated the deed to 8 acres of the Brigham farm to the County Park Commission Saturday. The area is to be developed into a park and named "Brigham Memorial Park" in honor of the two Brighams. The tract is a wooded area on the eastern mound of the two "Rlue County Park Commission members said it affords one of the most scenic views in the rounty, and from it one can see as far as 40 miles to the Baraboo bluffs and the Wisconsin river bluffs. Edward J. Smith, Mt.

Horeb. said the area will be developed ready for public use by this summer, furnished with fireplace and picnic table facilities, plans for the development are now being drawn the state architect. Pg MONDAY-TUESDAY, MARCH 16-17 tfe Pl BIG ACTS COMPLETE IRISH MENU Wy I Vrd) (Outstanding Irish Entertainment) i Wjf I Irish Hams direct from an GREEN CARNATIONS Ireland Meat Packer 1 Pf I L3 CLAY T0BACC0 Corned Beef and Cabbage I HATS HORNS FOR ALL Many Other Irish Favorites I "O'VICTOR" will carve your Corned Beef as well. I as his Prime Ribs of Beef! I Transfer of the deed for a new county park is shown above Saturday as Mrs. Charles I.

Brigham, Blue Mounds, gives the deed for an 8-acre tract of the Brigham farm to Edward J. Smith, Mt. Horeb, chairman of the county park commission. The park will be named Brigham Memorial park, in honor of Charles Ilsley Brigham, who died in 1948, and Ebenezer Brigham, first white settler in the county. Members of the Park Commission looking on are, standing in the foreground, left to right, Roman Sutter, Blue Mounds; Clifford E.

Halver-son, Stoughton; and George H. Harb, 438 Jean Madison; and in the background, Maurice S. Park, Madison, county purchasing agent, John Bostrom, Stoughton, and Ed M. Lunch, 232 King Madi-son- Arthur M. Vinje photo U.

S. Highway 51 near the Yahara river, and an unamed park on Lake Mendota. The new park is part of the 500-acre Brigham farm, on which Mrs. Brigham still lives, although it is operated by a tenant. The park is located on the northwest corner of the farm, on County Trunk Highway F.

Its elevation is approximately 1.350 feet, and it is Jocated LEO WELCH'S l'SV REMEMBER 1 333 0f CH3XZ3iAii MONDAY TVO I m'L and TUESDAY tL nl- UUlmi RESTA'iNT Iff owner of the property whom the park will honor, farmed the land for many years. He discovered the Cave of the Mounds while blasting on his farm in 1939. The other five Dane county parks are Frank Stewart park, Mt. Horeb; Robert M. LaFollette park, on Lake Kengosa; Walter S.

Goodland park, on Lake Waubesa; Stephen Moulton Babcok park, inn and store as well as conducting mining operations. Col. Brigham was appointed justice of the peace of the Michigan territory, then, including Wisconsin, in 1829. He also served on the Wisconsin territorial council from 1836 to 1841, and was elected to the first state assembly in 1848. Charles I.

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Such symptoms may result In loss of sleep and then you can't help feeling tired and depressed. Popular for 25 years, CYSTEX frequently brings delightful, soothing relief through its action as a urinary bacteriostat (non-specific germ inhibitor) in acid urine and as an analgesic (simple pain reliever). Over 900 million CYSTEX tablets used prove enduring demand. Ask your druggist for CYSTEX today and discover how tfils popular medicine may prove a dependable friend and aid to you. Satisfaction or money back guaranteed.

branch of the Red Cross is conducting its annual campaign under the direction of A. P. Smith, branch chairman. a few miles east of the more fa-j mous bluff at the village of Blue Mounds which is the site of Blue! Mnunds Park. The famous Cave of the Mounds, west of Mt.

Horeb, is located on the Brigham1 farm near the new park. s. Brigham donated the land for the park to the county with her two children, Charles I. Brigham Chicago, and Mrs. Elizabeth Brigham Rooney.

St. Johns-bury, Vt. The site had long been considered an ideal spot for a park by the Park Commission. The new park will the longest history of all the country's parks. Col.

Ebenezer Brigham, an army officer in the Blackhawk Indian war in this area, settled at Blue Mounds in 1828 after discovering a rich deposit of read there. He was originally from Massachusetts and came to Dane county from St. Louis. He also established an Others in the organization in elude E. J.

Morse speaker serv ice; Mrs. Van Elston, display; Mrs. R. W. Orton, public information; 1836 Keyes was granted a divorce Saturday in Circuit Court from Louis M.

Rapoport, 49. of 329 W. Washington ave. Rapoport is manager of the Temkin Iron and Metal Co. salvage firm.

The decree was granted on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment by Judge Roland J. Steinle, Milwaukee, sitting for Judge Alvin C. Reis. In the settlement, Mrs. Rapoport was granted the family home, valued at $18,000.

$20,000 in cash, $350 a month alimony, and $50 a month for support of the couple's one minor child. Mrs. L. L. Haskins, volunteer seiv ice; Mrs.

Harold Stevens, vice' chairman of volunteer service; Francis Willkomm, blood program M. W. Irgens, county recruiting chairman, and Raymond Weber, radio chairman. Mrs. Doyle Jurney is fund chairman.

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