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| Date: | 08 1905 |
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| Description: | A visitor takes in the sight of three linear burial mounds at the Sure-Johnson mound group south of McFarland, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a four-footed American Indian effigy mound on the grounds of the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View of the site when it was known as Aztalan Mound Park or Aztalan Mounds, near Lake Mills. There is a pavilion in the right background. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Historic site marker to commemorate Man Mound and to mark Man Mound Park. The inscription reads "Man Mound Park. Mound located and platted by W.H. Canfield... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Replica of Eleazer William's log cabin, with an archeological dig being conducted in front of the cabin. |
| Date: | 05 04 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a double water spirit effigy mound 4 miles south of Stockbridge near Appleton. The spirit has no head but the necks unite. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a double-tailed turtle effigy mound on Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Raddatz Rockshelter and Natural Bridge, known by archaeologists as 47 SK-5. The bridge is made of sand stone, reaching 35 feet in height, and is the larges... |
| Date: | 05 30 1931 |
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| Description: | W.P. and Vivian Morgan, Grace Rollins and ? Mills excavate a burial mound in the Outlet group at the foot of Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Members of the Wisconsin Outing Club watch the excavation of a burial mound at the Outlet group in 1935. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Three men looking over the process of uncovering bones of a bison in Interstate Park. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | The jaw bone of Bison Occidentalis in the peat pit at Interstate Park. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Hammered copper pike found with prehistoric bison bones. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A group of well-dressed men gather at the digging site at Interstate Park. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two men seated inside a tent at the digging site at Interstate Park. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | A man in the distance stands on a mound, which is part of a group of mounds near the Fox River. Many artifacts including arrowheads and human bones have be... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man crouches behind an arrangement of human skulls and bones that spell "Peru". Caption on photograph reads: "Illustrations for article on the TracTracTo... |
| Date: | 02 26 1931 |
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| Description: | Newspaper clipping of an article about the end of Lake Monona Wild Life Sanctuary Association, a group that had been trying to preserve Frost's Woods. |
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