Ibrahim Kheiralla’s weekly visits to Kenosha, Wisconsin, during Fall of 1897 resulted in eighteen Baha’is on January 1, 1898 -- the Kenosha Baha'i community, the third in North America, was born. Its establishment was celebrated by the purchase of a circular seal reading "The Assembly of Beha'ists in Kenosha, Wis. * 1897. *." The new community purchased a treasurer's book in January 1898 and presumably chose a treasurer. To continue the teaching work Kheiralla appointed Byron Lane to be Kenosha's teacher. Probably a weekly meeting for worship and study of the Baha'i Faith also began that month; records showing that it was taking place in May 1899. (Adapted from ‘The Baha’i Faith in America’, Robert Stockman, volume 1, p. 110)