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Wehmhoff Effigy Mound

Date: 06 27 1927
Description: Aerial view of the effigy mound on Henry Wehmhoff's Riverview Farm. State Trunk Highway 83 runs through the effigy.
Photograph

Mounds on Edgewood Drive

Date: 1915
Description: A row of conical burial mounds adjoins the Park and Pleasure Drive on the north shore of Lake Wingra (now Edgewood Drive, at the south edge of Edgewood Col...
Photograph

Man Mound

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Description: Elevated view of Man Mound outlined in chalk looking south. A road bisects the legs of the effigy mound. A small outbuilding can be seen at left in the for...
Map or Atlas

Baraboo Map

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Description: Map of Baraboo and its surroundings, showing the ancient mound city, the water power, and thoroughfares, drawn by William H. Canfield. Canfield includes sk...
Map or Atlas

Burial Mounds on Military Road

Date: 1844
Description: Part of a series of local maps, showing a number of burial mounds in the shape of animals near Madison, Wisconsin along military road. The maps also show d...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Scenic Region in the Counties of Sauk, Columbia, Adams, Marquette, Juneau, Dane [in] Wisconsin : Showing Lakes, Rivers, Cities, Villages, Main Highways, and Points of Scenic and Historic Interest

Date: 1931
Description: This map of south central Wisconsin shows lakes, rivers, cities, villages, highways and roads, railroads, Indian mounds, and points of scenic and historic ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Nelson-Dewey State Park, Grant County, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: A map of the Nelson-Dewey State Park at the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers, showing the topographical features of the area, as well as ...
Map or Atlas

Nelson-Dewey State Park, Grant County, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This 1920 map actually depicts present-day Wyalusing State Park at the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers in the Town of Wyalusing, Grant C...
Map or Atlas

Chetek Lakes and Chain O'Lake Region : Barron, Rusk, and Chippewa Counties, Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: This 1915 map covers portions of Barron, Chippewa, and Rusk counties in Wisconsin. Shown are the township and range grid, sections, cities and villages, ra...
Map or Atlas

Madison, Four Lakes Country : Original Surveys

Date: 1974
Description: This 1974 map is a reproduction of the original survey maps of the Four Lakes region of Dane County, Wisconsin. It shows sections, lakes, rivers, wetlands,...
Map or Atlas

Dunn County Footprints of History : A Graphic Introduction to Area History

Date: 1970
Description: This pictorial map of Dunn County, Wisconsin, from the 1970s depicts historical events that occurred in the county. It shows cemeteries, churches, schools,...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sauk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1859
Description: Shows townships and sections, landownership, roads, railroads, rural residences, schools, churches, and topography. Relief shown by hachures. "From governm...
Map or Atlas

Map of Primrose Township

Date: 1873
Description: A map of the township of Primrose from the "Atlas of Dane County."
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...
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.
Map or Atlas

Official Map of the State Trunk Highway System of Wisconsin

Date: 1919
Description: Narrow red lines show principal secondary highways. Green circles shows points of historical interest. Green triangles show Indian mounds and Indian villag...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sauk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1861
Description: This map shows townships and sections, landownership, roads, railroads, rural residences, schools, churches, and topography. Also included are inset maps o...
Map or Atlas

Maps of the Blue Mounds

Date: 1864
Description: This map shows locations of quarries, sink holes, creeks, springs, rivers, houses, forts, and roads. Annotations in pencil read: "Is the top of the mound l...
Photograph

Panther Intaglio Effigy

Date: 06 2008
Description: View looking east of a 1000-year-old Indian intaglio effigy in the shape of a panther. The effigy, which is on the north bank of the Rock River, is filled ...
Map or Atlas

Portage County Map

Date: 1944
Description: Portage County Map. Includes the towns of Eau Plaine, Dewey, Sharon, Alban, Carson, Hull, New Hope, Linwood, Stockton, Amherst, Plover, Grant, Buena Vista,...

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