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Children at Play Atop a Native American Burial Mound
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Children posing on a conical burial mound at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendota. (Also known as Merrill's Spring.)
1908
Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946
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Children atop a Native American Burial Mound
circa 1920
Children sit atop a conical burial mound in a farmyard at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendota. (Also known as Merrill's Spring.)
Tourists Among Burial Mounds
1910
A sightseeing party wanders among cows and Native American burial mounds near the popular picnic area at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendota. (Also known as Merrill's Spring.)
Conical and Effigy Mounds at Lake Kegonsa
circa 1920
A visitor examines conical and effigy mounds at the Williams South mound group near Lake Kegonsa State Park.
Large Burial Mound at Morris Park near Lake Mendota
circa 1920
A large burial mound near the south side of Governor Nelson State Park.
Mound on North Shore of Lake Kegonsa
circa 1920
A man stands atop a conical burial mound at the Williams South mound group near Lake Kegonsa State Park.
Conical Mounds at Morris Park
circa 1920
A row of conical mounds at Morris Park on the west side of Lake Mendota, in or near Governor Nelson State Park.
