Property Record
CHIEF BUFFALO LANE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | La Pointe Indian Cemetery |
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| Other Name: | La Pointe Indian Cemetery |
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| Reference Number: | 5465 |
| Location (Address): | CHIEF BUFFALO LANE |
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| County: | Ashland |
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| Township/Village: | La Pointe |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 50 |
| Range: | 3 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 31 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1835 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | cemetery |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | La Pointe Indian Cemetery |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 8/3/1977 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: |
| Additional Information: | 7 LARGE WOOD SPIRIT HOUSES Associated Individuals: Chief Buffalo buried here. ESTABLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH FR. BARAGA'S MISSION OF ST. JOSEPH. CONTAINS THE BURIAL OF GREAT BUFFALO, THE CHIPPEWA CHIEF WHO SIGNED THE TREATY WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN 1854. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |