Veterans Park in Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Prehistoric Burial Mound

Photographed by Devon Polzar, circa May 2013

1. Prehistoric Burial Mound Marker

Inscription. The last of a group of Indian Mounds formerly located on a Stone Age village site near this spot and destroyed in recent years. Several were of larger size. Also the last of many fine groups of burial, linear, and animal shaped mounds formerly located within the present limits of the City of Milwaukee.

Marked by Board of Park Commissioners at request of The Wisconsin Archeological Society

Erected 1910 by Board of Park Commissioners.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 43° 4.252′ N, 87° 52.286′ W. Marker is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County. It is in Veterans Park. It can be reached from the intersection of North Lake Drive and East Locust Street, on the right when traveling north. Located near the Oak Leaf Trail just South/East of East Locust Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Milwaukee WI 53211, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Wisconsin. 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 walking distance of this marker: Lake Park (approx. ¼ mile away); North Point Light Station (approx. 0.4 miles away); The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (approx. half a mile away); Milwaukee-Downer College

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(approx. 0.6 miles away); Golda Meir (approx. 0.6 miles away); Milwaukee-Downer College Buildings (approx. 0.6 miles away); Carl Sandburg Hall (approx. 0.8 miles away); Saint Mary's School of Nursing (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milwaukee.

Another marker is no longer nearby. North Point Lighthouse (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Prehistoric Burial Mound image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devon Polzar, circa May 2013

2. Prehistoric Burial Mound

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2013, by Devon Polzar of Port Washington, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,304 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 23, 2013, by Devon Polzar of Port Washington, Wisconsin. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.