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Linear Burial Mound at Picnic Point

Date: 1939
Description: Burl Briggs (right), and an unknown companion pose behind a linear burial mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Round Mound Near the Portage at Picnic Point

Date: 1939
Description: A man poses behind a large conical Native American burial mound near the center of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Round Mound near the base of Picnic Point

Date: 1939
Description: A man poses behind a conical Native American burial mound near the west end of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Indian Corn Hills at Governor Nelson State Park

Date: 
Description: Tapes and pins mark the locations of Native American corn hills in what is now Governor Nelson State Park.
Map or Atlas

Map of Sauk County

Date: 1859
Description: Map featuring various views of buildings and scenes from Sauk County.
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Students at Aztalan State Park

Date: 06 1973
Description: Fifth-graders from Mayville Public School celebrate the end of the school year by running down the earthen mounds at Aztalan State Park. Teachers on the tr...
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Vilas Park Indian Mounds Memorial

Date: 10 07 1914
Description: Sara (Mrs. Joseph) Mallon (Menominee) of Milwaukee, wearing a sash stands between two American flags behind a memorial that reads, "Indian Mounds: One of s...
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Prairie Du Chien

Date: 1828
Description: Plat of the Private Claims at Prairie Du Chien.
Map or Atlas

Map of Aztalan

Date: 1845
Description: Map of Aztalan drawn by Increase Lapham.
Map or Atlas

Map of Farwell's Point

Date: 
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

Effigy Marker

Date: 1930
Description: Turtle Effigy mound marker on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a metal plaque on a small formed block. An image of the mound is on the ...
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Excavating a Mound

Date: 06 25 1899
Description: A group of children and adults excavating an oval mound in the Teller Group.
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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...
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Indian Mound

Date: 05 11 1894
Description: South side view of an Indian Mound with a fence in front of it.
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Indian Mound

Date: 05 11 1894
Description: East side view of an Indian Mound (Big Grave).
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Monks Mound

Date: 
Description: View of a gate and sign at Monks Mound, an archaeological site. Caption reads: "Monks Mound near Edwardsville, Ill."
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Man Mound

Date: 
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...
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Bear Effigy Mound

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of bear effigy mound outlined in chalk at Lake Koshkonong.
Map or Atlas

Baraboo Map

Date: 
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...
Manuscript

Will Buy Famous Baraboo Mound

Date: 12 28 1906
Description: Newspaper article about the purchase of land for a park related to Man Mound in Sauk County accompanied by a line drawing of the mound. Article clipped fro...

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