Paris in Kenosha County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Schaefer Mammoth Site
Photographed by Paul F, November 18, 2010
1. Schaefer Mammoth Site Marker
East side of two sided marker.
Over 12,000 years ago, Native Americans slaughtered a Northern Woolly Mammoth in a small lake near this site. Between 1992-93, the Kenosha Public Museum excavated the site and concluded that the woolly mammoth stood at 11 feet and weighed 14,000 pounds or 7 tons. This mammoth, or Ice Age elephant, lived among spruce trees and steppe-like vegetation during the Pleistocene glacial epoch. The Schaefer Mammoth Site is one of the oldest mammoth discoveries in the New World, definitively proving that people hunted mammoth east of the Mississippi River.
Erected 1999 by Wisconsin State Historical Society. (Marker Number 420.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Wisconsin Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1992.
Location. 42° 38.46′ N, 87° 59.865′ W. Marker is in Paris, Wisconsin, in Kenosha County. It is on 12th Street one mile west of 136th Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located approximately 20 yards north of road down a driveway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15620 12th Street, Kenosha WI 53144, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Wisconsin and in Greater Milwaukee. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Revolutionary War Veteran (approx.
this page online
Also see . . . Mammoths at the Museum. Kenosha Public Museum website entry (Submitted on May 26, 2026, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by Paul F, November 18, 2010
2. Schaefer Mammoth Site Marker
West side of two sided marker.
Photographed by Paul F, November 18, 2010
3. Schaefer Mammoth Site Marker
Photographed by Paul F, November 18, 2010
4. Schaefer Mammoth Site Marker
from the street
via Kenosha Public Museum, unknown
5. Schaefer Mammoth
Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 6,345 times since then and 317 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 30, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. 5. submitted on May 26, 2026, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
