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Mounds on Edgewood Drive
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A row of conical burial mounds adjoins the Park and Pleasure Drive on the north shore of Lake Wingra (now Edgewood Drive, at the south edge of Edgewood College). Caption on the back reads, "Permanently preserved and marked with tablet."
1915
Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946
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Charles E. Brown Among Burial Mounds on the Edgewood Campus
May 5, 1939
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 Wingra. These mounds are now incorporated withi...
Conical Mound on the Crest of the Dividing Ridge
1909
A horse grazes near Native American burial mounds on the Dividing Ridge, a recessional moraine, between Lakes Monona and Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin. The mounds, and the ridge they stood on, were ...
Burial Mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus
circa 1920
An unusual burial mound in the Willow Drive mound group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, prior to its excavation by Charles E. Brown.
Conical Mounds at Morris Park
circa 1920
A row of conical mounds at Morris Park on the west side of Lake Mendota, in or near Governor Nelson State Park.
Round Mound near the base of Picnic Point
1939
A man poses behind a conical Native American burial mound near the west end of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Linear Mound on the Dividing Ridge
circa 1910-1919
Two men enjoy the shade among Native American burial mounds on the Dividing Ridge, a recessional moraine, between Lakes Monona and Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin. The Dividing Ridge and the mounds we...
