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| Description: | Tapes and pins mark the locations of Native American corn hills in what is now Governor Nelson State Park. |
| Date: | 2009 |
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| Description: | Watercolor of a Native American burial site. Generalized cross-section and stratigraphy of a typical Late Woodland effigy mound in Wisconsin. |
| Learn how this landowner turned burial sites on his land into an asset. |
| Date: | 06 27 1927 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the effigy mound on Henry Wehmhoff's Riverview Farm. State Trunk Highway 83 runs through the effigy. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | This map, which includes eastern Iowa, northern Illinois and a portion of Michigan's Upper peninsula, shows the township survey grid and identifies countie... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Field prior to the park's reconstruction, with a fence in the foreground. A river is at the bottom of the hill. |
| 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: | 09 28 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of turtle mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 04 12 1912 |
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| Description: | Diagram of a bird effigy mound found in Frost's Woods, Blooming Grove Township. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 30 1910 |
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| Description: | Group of people standing on an eagle effigy mound on State Hospital grounds. |
| 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). |
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| Do you want to know how to protect a human burial site in Wisconsin? Learn several ways to preserve cemeteries and Native American mounds. |
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| Description: | View of the southwest pyramidal mound in Aztalan State Park as it appeared after restoration. A person is standing on top of the mound. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of bear effigy mound outlined in chalk at Lake Koshkonong. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Plat map showing land ownership of Township 21N Range 3W in Jackson County for 1901. Scale is 2 inches to 1 mile. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards Reverend F.M. Gilmore, Professor W.E. Leonard, and Charles Brown relaxing on a burial mound on Fox Bluff near Lake Mendota. |
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| Description: | A turtle effigy mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, outlined by melting snow. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of an Indian intaglio effigy, the only one still in existence in Wisconsin. The effigy is in the shape of a panther. There is a car on the road in the... |
| Date: | 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Front view of Man Mound House, with trees and a walkway which leads to the front door. The walkway appears to be on a mound. |
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