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Elevated view of Man Mound, Town of Greenfield, Sauk County.
The site of this effigy mound, north east of Baraboo in Sauk County, was dedicated as a park in 1908. Photo by archaeologist Charles E. Brown.
via: Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-77565, Wisconsin Historical Society
read more: Amy Rosebrough, “A Spirit Striding Upon the Earth: Wisconsin’s Famous Man Mound,” Wisconsin Magazine of History vol. 94, no. 3 (2011)
Thank you to Debbie Cardinal, Wisconsin Heritage Online Program Manager emeritus, for curating this week’s blog!
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Elevated view of Man Mound, Town of Greenfield, Sauk County.

The site of this effigy mound, north east of Baraboo in Sauk County, was dedicated as a park in 1908. Photo by archaeologist Charles E. Brown.

via: Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-77565, Wisconsin Historical Society

read more: Amy Rosebrough, “A Spirit Striding Upon the Earth: Wisconsin’s Famous Man Mound,” Wisconsin Magazine of History vol. 94, no. 3 (2011)

Thank you to Debbie Cardinal, Wisconsin Heritage Online Program Manager emeritus, for curating this week’s blog!

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