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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.
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Monona Bay in Madison

Date: 1904
Description: Monona Bay from the railroad trestle looking southwest, close to where the railroad tracks cross North Shore Drive, (now Brittingham Park), with old houses...
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Large Platform Mound

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Description: Largest platform mound in Trempealeau as seen from the north.
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Mound and Barn

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Description: View of large platform mound with small barn in the foreground. The numbers 1, 2, and 3 are written on the photograph in ink.
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Thunderbird Petroglyphs

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Description: Thunderbird petroglyphs carved on rock face at Twin Bluffs.
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Observatory Hill Ceremony

Date: 1914
Description: Ceremony for erecting tablets on the Observatory Hill Mounds performed by University of Wisconsin summer session students.
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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 ...
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Mountain Meadow at Interstate Park

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Description: Mountain meadow at Interstate Park. This area was an ancient lake which became filled with peat. Prehistoric bison bones, copper points, and flint arrow po...
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Tent at Interstate Park

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Description: Tent covering the excavation site of the bones of extinct bison. Milo Mickelson and Lester Giesler are standing in the doorway of the tent.
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Spirit Stones

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Description: Two Native American men, one of whom is holding his hand palm up, pose with two piles of spirit stones.
Drawing

Sketch of Little Lake Butte des Morts

Date: 04 15 1915
Description: A sketch of Little Lake Butte des Morts and the surrounding area, including Neenah and Menasha.
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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...
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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.
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Pictograph Rock

Date: 1888
Description: View looking up at three men and a child on top of a cliff on which are petroglyphs. Caption on photograph reads: "Pictograph Rock. Rock bearing aboriginal...
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Pictograph Rock

Date: 1888
Description: View looking up at three men and a child on top of a cliff on which are petroglyphs. Pictograph Rock bearing aboriginal carvings, located on the south side...
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Twin Bluffs Petroglyphs

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Description: Figures carved in stone at Twin Bluffs petroglyph site.
Drawing

Linden Valley Group

Date: 11 03 1903
Description: A drawing of a group of burial mounds in Linden Valley. Text on back reads: "These mounds lie at the narrow mouth of Linden Valley on the east side of the ...

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