Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1902 — It’s Now Milroy Park. [ARTICLE]

It’s Now Milroy Park.

The transfer of the old Milroy property to the oity took place last week and hereafter the plot of ground will be known as Milroy Park. The price of the ground was $1,900. Of this amount SI,OOO was raised by popular subscription through the efforts of the Ladies’ Literary Olnb, of Rensselaer, through whose agitation the purchase of the park can be credited. The city pays the balance of the pnrchase price, and is given time in whioh to make the payments. The park is a triangular piece of ground facing the Washington street bridge and is surrounded by streets on all sides. The ground is not very large, being equivalent to about three 50x150 feet lots. It was formerly the home of Major Gen. Robert H. Milroy, and It is expected that at no distant day a memorial of some kind will be erected to his memory in the park. It will cost considerable to transfer the ground into a park, bat at no distant day this will be done beyond a doubt.