Tag: Indian Mounds
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Indian Mound Hike Planned for September
Winfield Mounds Hike 10:00 am – 11:30 am Join a naturalist-led hike to the only known prehistoric American Indian mounds in DuPage County. Ages 12 and up; under 18 with an adult. Free. Registration begins Sept. 10. Call (630) 942-6200.
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Events This Weekend
Friday, Sept. 24: ESCONI Board Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Bldg. K, Rm. 142 (note room change) Friday, Sept. 24: Family Science Night: Paleontology, 6-8 p.m., Elgin Public Museum. Saturday and Sunday, Sept, 25 & 26: Braceville Mazon Creek Fossil Collecting Trip, 8:00 am, meet at BP Amoco in Coal City Saturday, Sept 25,…
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Local Native Americans Buried in Blue Wing Cemetery
Recently, through the kindness of part-time Lake Delton resident and neighbor Mary Fairchild, my wife and I were able to revisit the Blue Wing Cemetery near Tomah. Mary is interested in Indian mounds and is rapidly becoming an authority on the subject. The entrance to the Blue Wing Cemetery with spirit houses in the background.…
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Wisconsin’s Indian Mounds by Mary Fairchild
“It may come as a surprise to some people to learn that the Dells area was once in the center of what might be called a lost civilization.” Ross M. Curry About two years ago after rock climbing at Devils Lake, our guide pointed out a strange shape in the grass alongside the lake. It…
