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Indian Mounds Marker

Date: 1930
Description: View of an Indian mounds marker on the St. Croix River.
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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.
Map or Atlas

Group of Ancient Mounds Near the City of Beloit

Date: 1800
Description: This map on two sheets shows a group of ancient mounds near the southeast corner of the city of Beloit and a group of ancient mounds north of Rockton Stati...
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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

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.
Map or Atlas

Plan of Mounds Located in the N-E. 1/4 of the S-E. 1/4 of Sec. 5, T. 7 N. R. 22 E. Milwaukee County

Date: 1800
Description: An ink on paper map for a plan of mounds in Milwaukee county. The map is situated pointing north.
Photograph

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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Delavan Burial Mounds Marker

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Description: View of a rock with a plaque that reads: "Group of Prehistoric Indian Burial Mounds and Winnebago Village Site. Marked by the Delavan Woman's Club - May 19...
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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.
Photograph

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.
Print

Linear Mound on the Dividing Ridge

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Description: Two men enjoy the shade among Native American burial mounds on the Dividing Ridge, a recessional moraine, between Lakes Monona and Wingra in Madison, Wisco...
Map or Atlas

Section of Strata from the Blue Mounds to the Wisconsin River at Arena

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Description: A hand-colored geological cross section of Iowa County and eastern Dane County, Wisconsin, from the Blue Mounds north-northwest to the sandy plain of the W...
Photograph

Charles E. Brown Among Burial Mounds on the Edgewood Campus

Date: 05 05 1939
Description: Charles E. Brown poses near a historic tablet marking one of a row of conical burial mounds on the Park and Pleasure drive on the north shore of Lake Wingr...
Postcard

Indian Burial Grounds in Wakanda Park

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Description: View of burial mounds in a park on the edge of a lake. Caption reads: "Indian Burial Grounds in Wakanda Park, Menomonie, Wis."
Photograph

Tourists Among Burial Mounds

Date: 1910
Description: A sightseeing party wanders among cows and Native American burial mounds near the popular picnic area at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendot...
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Man Standing on a Mound

Date: 1923
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...
Photograph

Conical Mound on the Crest of the Dividing Ridge

Date: 1909
Description: A horse grazes near Native American burial mounds on the Dividing Ridge, a recessional moraine, between Lakes Monona and Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin. The ...
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...
Map or Atlas

Map of Farwell's Point

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Description: Wisconsin Memorial Hospital with a key to buildings in the upper left. Indian mounds are marked on the site. Arthur Peabody was the state architect for th...
Photograph

Mound Tablet

Date: 1906
Description: View of a tablet indicating a mound site.

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