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Old Capitol May fBe Made Museum -- IDarlington Man Start* Move for Organization; Opinion Favorable81 Korr hftvt i n t e Olll con! 105 mat rod9 atfitr .tniirnal «er%lcH forPLATTEVILI-K— Frank W. Dor-( p Inf, of Darlington, baa been In con- ^ terenes bare with leading citizens on the matter of building op an organisation whose purpose it will he to convert the first at ate capitol building at Leslie, near here, into atocanMChihistorical museum. IDs Interest injj^.Cl„ the matter is receiving hearty sup- ^ ' port and a movement in the direction ! sought appears to be gaming ground.At present there is nothing aside ^ from the old structure resurrected | ''I I some years ago to hold the interest ^I of thousands of visitors who come ^ I here each summer. Mr. Doring■j points out that at Darlington (;nmany items of historical value care- L^aJ lesslv scattered about and of no use ^ to the public a* now handled. H,s!I)eII idea is to take collections such ass are found In Iowa. I.afavett* and ^ (Jrant rounties and keep them in a museum, properly guarded and neat-lv arranged and labelled. 1 he as-n : serial Ion that Is being formed will , function for tbe three counties men- ^i- ! tloned. | Hfv Mr. Doring gave mm h of his timei^a. to establishing 'he memorial to Kort.* Hamilton at Wlota and at Kort He-s- fiance near Mineral Toint and be islt;« | active now on the latger projectte ! which will enlist the support of Mimany people of prominence In Wfts southwestern Wisconsin. niPkurcb Men’* ClubrhCO
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Madison Wisconsin State Journal
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Mar 28, 1930
Page 17
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