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Manuscript

Increase Lapham letter

Date: 06 28 1850
Description: Letter from Increase Lapham to his wife, Ann Maria Alcott, in Milwaukee. Lapham was at Aztalan and wrote to Anna regarding the geology of the region. He in...
Print

Fortified Village of Aztalan

Date: 1955
Description: Artist's conception of ancient village of Aztalan, fortified with high walls surrounding it.
Photograph

Aztalan State Park

Date: 
Description: View of Aztalan State Park site when it was called Aztalan Mound Park.
Map or Atlas

Township no. 7, Range no. 14, E.

Date: 1860
Description: This manuscript map shows the surveyed areas of the Town of Aztalan, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Acreage of the surveyed parcels is given and lakes and st...
Photograph

Ruins

Date: 1920
Description: View of an old home or inn. Two people are looking out of an open window, and two men are standing outside leaning against the building.
Photograph

Baptist Church

Date: 1941
Description: View of the Aztalan Baptist Church prior to restoration by the Lake Mills-Aztalan Historical Society.
Photograph

Aztalan Indian Mounds

Date: 1890
Description: At the Aztalan Indian Mounds a group of people are standing on a hillside in the background. In the foreground are corn shocks.
Photograph

Aztalan Museum

Date: 
Description: Aztalan Museum, exterior of building. The original building was used as a church and construction was concluded in 1852.
Photograph

Aztalan Museum

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the Aztalan Museum after restoration. The building, originally a church with a steeple, was built in 1852.
Photograph

Aztalan Museum

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Aztalan museum.
Photograph

Aztalan Church

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of Aztalan Church.
Photograph

Aztalan Church

Date: 1860
Description: Exterior view of Aztalan church, built in 1852.
Photograph

Crawfish River

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Crawfish River in the vicinity of Aztalan.
Photograph

Calm Crawfish River

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline across Crawfish River, with foliage and a barbed wire fence in the foreground.
Painting

Aztalan Indian Village

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of Indian village, along a river, (in a painted reconstruction) during an Indian ceremony.
Photograph

Aztalan Mound Park Gazebo

Date: 
Description: Pavilion in the park is on left, with a fence along the right.
Photograph

Students at Aztalan State Park

Date: 06 1973
Description: Fifth-graders from Mayville Public School celebrate the end of the school year by running down the earthen mounds at Aztalan State Park. Teachers on the tr...
Drawing

Map of Aztalan

Date: 1837
Description: Copy of N.F. Hyer's original map of Aztalan as published in the Milwaukee Advertiser, February 25, 1837.
Photograph

Aztalan State Park Prior to Reconstruction

Date: 1945
Description: Field with contours, and two mounds.
Photograph

Aztalan State Park

Date: 1945
Description: Field prior to the park's reconstruction, with a fence in the foreground. A river is at the bottom of the hill.

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