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Ne-rucha-ja Feast Program
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Front cover of a program for a feast and pow-wow in support of the Lake Monona Wild Life Sanctuary group's attempt to preserve Frost's Woods (Ne-rucha-ja). The paper is printed with imitation wood grain and features a drawing of an Indian in an eagle feather head dress.
1929
Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946
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W0146K9
WHi 84451
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Ne-rucha-ja Feast Menu
Menu offering American cuisine for the Ne-rucha-ja feast and pow-wow in support of the Lake Monona Wild Life Sanctuary's attempt to preserve Frost's Woods (Ne-rucha-ja). The organization disbanded ...
Frost Woods Open Meeting Card
October 1927
Card announcing an open meeting in the Assembly Chamber of the Wiscosnin State Capitol regarding a proposed Frost Woods Wild Life Sanctuary. Speakers included Governor Fred Zimmerman, W.J. Kershaw,...
Bird Effigy Diagram
April 12, 1912
Diagram of a bird effigy mound found in Frost's Woods, Blooming Grove Township.
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Frost's Woods : [on the South Side of Lake Monona, Dane County, Wisconsin]
1927 - 1929
This blueprint-style map shows Frost's Woods on the shore of Lake Monona. The map indicates the locations of Indian mounds, an Indian camp, a path, a spring, and various plants. There are drawings ...
Monona Bay in Madison
1904
Monona Bay from the railroad trestle looking southwest, close to where the railroad tracks cross North Shore Drive, (now Brittingham Park), with old houses and polluted water.
Myrick Park Mounds
circa 1920
A sketch of effigy mounds at Myrick Park. There is some scribbled-out writing at the top of the page.
