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Ground Plan of Indian Effigy Mounds

Date: 07 1838
Description: A map diagram of Indian effigy mounds seven miles east of Blue Mounds in the Wisconsin Territory.
Postcard

West View from Top of Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard of the view to the west from the top of Blue Mounds, in Blue Mounds State Park. Handwritten is "Platteville Mounds, 45 miles" with an...
Postcard

Northwest View of Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard of the northwest view of Blue Mounds. Text below in a white box reads "N.W. View of Blue Mounds, Wis. Elevation 1760 ft."
Photograph

Blue Mounds Rural Road

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Description: View of rural Blue Mounds, with a two-lane, paved road. The caption at the bottom reads: "East View of Blue Mounds, Wis. Elevation, 1760 ft.".
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Rural Blue Mounds

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Description: View of farmland near Blue Mounds, with possibly property markers horizontal, across the center, and some distant farm houses and a barn. Caption reads: "B...
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Old Indian Trail Marker, Top of Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard of an old Indian trail marker, a twisted tree, as seen on top of Blue Mounds. Text below reads: "'Old Indian Trail Marker' Top of Blu...
Postcard

Grand View From Top of Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard of the view towards Madison from the top of Blue Mounds. Handwritten on the card is "State Capitol, 25 miles" with an arrow. Text bel...
Photograph

Winter Scene at Blue Mounds

Date: 1910
Description: View of a main street during the winter. One horse is covered with a horse blanket. Caption reads: "Winter Scene at Blue Mounds Wis."
Photograph

Conical Mounds at Morris Park

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Description: A row of conical mounds at Morris Park on the west side of Lake Mendota, in or near Governor Nelson State Park.
Photograph

Town of Blue Mounds from a Distance

Date: 1910
Description: Distant view of the town, with railroad tracks in foreground. The church is the highest point in the image. "General View. Blue Mounds in the Distance. Alt...
Postcard

Picnic Grounds at Spring, Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard of picnic grounds at a spring in Blue Mounds State Park. The spring is running out of a brick catch basin on the right. A woman weari...
Photograph

Inside Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1969
Description: A girl is standing high up among a group of stalagmites in the Cave of the Mounds. Another girl is leaning against a railing on the left.
Photograph

Tenpin Alley, Pokerville

Date: 1925
Description: A view of Tenpin Alley (rear) active in lead mining days.
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Building, Pokerville

Date: 1925
Description: This building was said to have been an early residence.
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Conical and Effigy Mounds at Lake Kegonsa

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Description: A visitor examines conical and effigy mounds at the Williams South mound group near Lake Kegonsa State Park.
Postcard

Swimming on Top of Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the swimming pool on top of the mounds in Blue Mounds State Park. There are people swimming as well as standing around the si...
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Tenpin Alley, Pokerville

Date: 1925
Description: A view of the front of Tenpin Alley, active in lead mining days.
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Brigham Farm Building in Ruin

Date: 06 1925
Description: View of three farm buildings - the one in the center is collapsing.
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Linear Mound in T. Lewis Mound Group

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Description: A linear burial mound at the T. Lewis Mound group in what is now Indian Mounds Park.
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Oval Burial Mound in T. Lewis Group near McFarland, Wisconsin

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Description: Oval burial mound at the T. Lewis Mound group in what is now Indian Mounds Park.

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