The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 8, number 2, December 1924

              246 the society and the state interested in all movements for the betterment of our commonwealth he died at his home on the evening of august 31 dr norton w jipson a noted archeologist and antiquarian died august 5 at chicago dr jipson was born in the sugar river valley of southern wisconsin and in the course of studies of his native locality he became interested in the winnebago indians and an authority on both the history and the language of this remarkable tribe he was a member of our society and of the chicago historical society for the latter he had prepared a manuscript on the winnebago tribe which it is to be hoped will soon be published local historical societies the waukesha county historical society held its thirty-sixth meeting september 13 at menomonee falls the program traced the pioneer history of that place and also contained a paper by j h a lacher on three famous orators of early waukesha the sheboygan county historical society has opened a museum on the second floor of the sheboygan city library well equipped for its present and future possessions among the former are the gerund collection of indian relics and the potter collection of indian and histor ical objects including handiwork of the early holland and german immigrants of the county the society is also collecting sketches of as many pioneer families as it can obtain menomonie is preparing a dunn county museum of history to be housed during the county fair in the first national bank it is to be hoped this may lead to a permanent interest in historical preservation kenosha county old settlers held in august a picnic at paddock's lake when a memorial address on pioneering was delivered by the reverend george r cady of kenosha landmarks and monuments at ephraim in door county was unveiled on july 17 a monument to the first settlers of that county who came there in 1853 this marker was prepared for the seventieth anniversary of the advent of the colony but the unveiling did not take place until this year the expense was borne by the men's club of ephraim instigated thereto by h r holand an enthusiastic antiquarian of this locality the tablet reads near this spot the first colony of permanent settlers in door county landed in may 1853 a moravian congregation led by their pastor rev a m iverson it is embedded in a limestone shaft about nine feet high removed from the state park the migration which this monument commemorates was from the norwegian communistic colony settled by the reverend otto tank at green bay in 1853 one portion of the group determined to build new