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By Keith L, June 23, 2008 | |
| | | 1. The Valley View Site Marker | | |
Inscription. This is the location of a village occupied between 1000 and 1200 by the Oneota, ancestors of the Winnebago and Ioway. The village site was chosen by the Oneota to make the best use of the area for farming, fishing, hunting, transportation, and defense. The village was surrounded by a stockade and inhabited by 50 to 100 people. It was excavated in 1979 by archaeologists and students from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.
Erected 1980 by the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Location. 43° 52.056′ N, 91° 12.078′ W. Marker is in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in La Crosse County. Marker can be reached from State Highway 16 0.3 miles north of State Highway 157, on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is located along State Highway 16 and can be reached from the Valley View Mall shopping center parking lot. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3800 State Highway 16, La Crosse WI 54601, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Red Cloud Park (approx. 2.9 miles away); The Upper Mississippi (approx. 3.5 miles away); Major General C.C. Washburn (approx. 3.5 miles away); Losey Memorial (approx. 3.8 miles away); First Complete Service of Christian Divine Worship (approx. 3.8 miles away); Spence Park (approx. 4.5 miles away); Original Home Built By Gottlieb and Johanna Heileman (approx. 5.1 miles away); Minnesota’s “Fashionable Tour” / Welcome to Minnesota (approx. 5.2 miles away in Minnesota). Click for a list of all markers in La Crosse. | | | | 
By Keith L, June 23, 2008 | |
| | | 2. The Valley View Site Marker | | |
Also see . . . Mississippian & Oneota Traditions. The Oneota and Mississippian traditions are the first full scale farmers in Wisconsin, over 500 years before the arrival of the first Europeans in the state. (Submitted on January 18, 2009.)
Credits. This page originally submitted on January 18, 2009, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 241 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. Submitted on January 18, 2009, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page. |
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