Scott in Brown County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern): A Multi-component Site

From First Americans to Euroamericans

— Archaeology and History of the WIS 57 Transportation Corridor —

Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern): A Multi-component Site Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devon Polzar, 2019

1. Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern): A Multi-component Site Marker

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Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern): A Multi-component Site. From First Americans to Euroamericans. The Site , The Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern) site produced a range of artifacts related to three prehistoric occupations including: .Paleoindian .North Bay Middle Woodland .Mero Complex Oneota, The site is part of a complex of archaeological sites that stretch from the Fabry Creek drainage east of WIS 57 west to the Green Bay shoreline. Like the nearby Heyrman I site that also produced Paleoindian materials, the Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern) site is situated on a sandy glacial ridge. Eleven thousand years ago when Paleoindians camped here, the site would have overlooked the shores of Glacial Lake Algonquin. The Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern) site was known to local residents as early as the 1800s. It was officially recorded by the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1906. WIS 57 archaeologists worked at the site from 1999 through 2008. , Cultural Components , Paleoindian , Paleoindian deposits at the site suggest a small hunting camp located on the shoreline of old Glacial Lake Algonquin. Organic materials from these deposits have been radiocarbon dated to about 9000 B.C. The site produced a variety of stone artifacts including spearpoints, knives, hidescrapers, and gravers used to carve bone. Other artifacts were made from bone. The artifacts were used to butcher animals and to make clothing and shelters from the animal's skins.

North Bay Middle Woodland , Middle Woodland groups likely used the site as a small hunting camp about A.D. 100. Artifacts recovered from the site include: , .Side-notched projectile points , .Thick-walled, grit-tempered pottery , .Bifaces and knives made from chert , .Scrapers made from chert

Mero Complex Oneota , Excavations at the Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern) site also produced evidence of occupation by people of the Mero Complex Oneota tradition. Mero Complex people probably occupied the site after A.D. 1100. Recovered artifacts include: , .Decorated shell-tempered pottery , .Bone and native copper tools , .Triangular arrow points . This historical marker was erected by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, U.S. Department of the Interior, Wisconsin Department of Interior. It is in Scott in Brown County Wisconsin

The Site
The Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern) site produced a range of artifacts related to three prehistoric occupations including: •Paleoindian •North Bay Middle Woodland •Mero Complex Oneota

The site is part of a complex of archaeological sites that stretch from the Fabry Creek drainage east of WIS 57 west to the Green Bay shoreline. Like the nearby Heyrman I site that also produced Paleoindian materials, the Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern) site is situated on a sandy glacial ridge. Eleven thousand years ago when Paleoindians camped here, the site would have overlooked the shores of Glacial Lake Algonquin. The Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern) site was known to local residents as early as the 1800s. It was officially recorded by the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1906. WIS 57 archaeologists worked at the site from 1999 through 2008.

Cultural Components
Paleoindian
Paleoindian deposits at the site suggest a small hunting camp located on the shoreline of old Glacial Lake Algonquin. Organic materials from these deposits have been radiocarbon dated to about 9000 B.C. The site produced a variety

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of stone artifacts including spearpoints, knives, hidescrapers, and gravers used to carve bone. Other artifacts were made from bone. The artifacts were used to butcher animals and to make clothing and shelters from the animal's skins.

North Bay Middle Woodland
Middle Woodland groups likely used the site as a small hunting camp about A.D. 100. Artifacts recovered from the site include:
•Side-notched projectile points
•Thick-walled, grit-tempered pottery
•Bifaces and knives made from chert
•Scrapers made from chert

Mero Complex Oneota
Excavations at the Fabry Creek (Boss Tavern) site also produced evidence of occupation by people of the Mero Complex Oneota tradition. Mero Complex people probably occupied the site after A.D. 1100. Recovered artifacts include:
•Decorated shell-tempered pottery
•Bone and native copper tools
•Triangular arrow points

Erected by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, U.S. Department of the Interior, Wisconsin Department of Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Native Americans • Parks & Recreational Areas.

Location. 44° 34.084′ N, 87° 52.78′ W. Marker is in Scott

Close-Up of Site Map image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devon Polzar, 2019

2. Close-Up of Site Map

, Wisconsin, in Brown County. Marker is on Bay Settlement Road north of VanLaanen Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3426 Bay Settlement Road, Green Bay WI 54311, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Beaudhuin Village Site: A North Bay Middle Woodland Camp (here, next to this marker); From First Americans to Euroamericans (here, next to this marker); Delfosse-Allard: A Multi-component Site (here, next to this marker); The WIS 57 Reconstruction Project in Brown, Kewaunee, and Door Counties (here, next to this marker); The Holdorf Site: A Chipped Stone Workshop/The Christoff Site: A Prehistoric Campsite (here, next to this marker); Heyrman I: A Multi-component Workshop and Campsite (here, next to this marker); Transportation Archaeology on the WIS 57 Project (here, next to this marker); Red Banks (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Scott.

More about this marker. This marker is part of the group of markers at this location titled From First Americans to Euroamericans: Archaeology and History of the WIS 57 Transportation Corridor. The markers are a few steps from the southern parking lot in the Wequiock Falls County Park.

Close-Up of Tool Pictures and Timeline image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devon Polzar, 2019

3. Close-Up of Tool Pictures and Timeline

From First Americans to Euroamericans Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devon Polzar, 2019

4. From First Americans to Euroamericans Markers

From First Americans to Euroamericans marker group image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devon Polzar, 2019

5. From First Americans to Euroamericans marker group

Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2019, by Devon Polzar of Port Washington, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 269 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 5, 2019, by Devon Polzar of Port Washington, Wisconsin. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.