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Ancient Works at Indian Prairie

Date: 1850
Description: Map showing Indian mounds and graves as well as ground cover types at Township 8, Range 22. There is an inset diagram of an effigy mound labeled "The Cross...
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Ancient Works, Second Ward, Milwaukee

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Description: Map showing Indian mounds in Milwaukee's Second Ward from a sketch made by Increase Lapham in 1836. Streets shown on the map include 6th Street, 5th Street...
Postcard

Mysterious Aztalan

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Description: Photographic postcard view of three views from Aztalan State Park; Indian Mound at sunset, pottery, and a fence.
Map or Atlas

Mounds and Winnebago Village Site, City of Neenah

Date: 1903
Description: This maps shows what may be Ho Chunk Native American burial mounds. Also noted on the map is the Fox River, the Doty homestead, stockade embankment, the We...
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A Historical Map of Madison

Date: 1924
Description: This pictorial map focuses on the Madison Isthmus, Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, and shows points of historical interest, buildings, parks, and I...
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The University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Madison

Date: 1933
Description: Blue print and blue line print maps that show local streets, Nakoma Country Club, part of Lake Forest, and part of Lake Wingra. A legend is included that s...
Map or Atlas

Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1945
Description: This maps shows roads, railroads, parks, recreational areas, Lake Wingra, Lake Monona, and part of Lake Mendota. The map includes pictorial images that dep...
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Map of 1821 Borough of Prairie du Chien

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Description: This map is pen-and-ink on tracing paper with a mounted legend and shows the Kickapoo River, Indian mounds, the 1st Fort Crawford, an Indian Agency, the si...
Photograph

Platform Mounds

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Description: View looking uphill towards three platform mounds. The numbers 1, 2, and 3 are written on the photograph in ink. Part of the way up the hill are a small sh...
Photograph

Platform Mounds

Date: 1905
Description: Two of a series of three large platform mounds on the top of a high hill, overlooking the Mississippi and Black River valleys. Two young children are seate...
Photograph

Platform Mound at Trempealeau

Date: 1905
Description: View across top of platform mound on the crest of a high hill. Trees are on the left and right. In the background below is the Mississippi River.
Drawing

Mound Map

Date: 11 11 1921
Description: A hand-drawn map of Little Bluff mounds.
Map or Atlas

Map of Spring Harbor Subdivision, Madison, Wis.

Date: 10 1911
Description: This map shows lot numbers, building lines, roads, trees, and Indian mounds. Relief is shown by contours. Includes manuscript annotations marking parks.
Photograph

Effigy Mound Excavation

Date: 05 31 1935
Description: Students digging into a bird effigy mound on the University of Wisconsin campus on May 31 through June 1, 1935.
Photograph

Eagle Effigy Mound

Date: 07 30 1910
Description: Group of people standing on an eagle effigy mound on State Hospital grounds.
Photograph

Men and Effigy Mounds

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Description: A small group of men, some of them carrying bags, walk in a field among effigy mounds.
Photograph

Effigy Mound at Big Bend

Date: 06 1911
Description: A field party of members of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society visit an effigy mound at Big Bend. The men are dressed in suits and hats.
Photograph

Mound at Big Bend

Date: 10 16 1910
Description: View of a linear Indian mound at Big Bend. Two men stand in the background on the left and right among the trees.
Photograph

Unveiling a Marker at Eagle Effigy Mound

Date: 06 30 1910
Description: People gathered for a ceremony at the unveiling of a marker at an eagle effigy mound on the State Hospital Grounds.
Map or Atlas

An Historical Map of Sheboygan County : As It Appeared Under Aboriginal Possession

Date: 1925
Description: This map shows trails, mounds, villages, corn fields, and contemporary civil townships; some villages and features include both Indian and English place na...

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