Near Wisconsin Dells in Columbia County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds

Photographed by Keith L, May 14, 2008

1. Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds Marker

Inscription. The mounds of this group are a fairly representative sample of those built by the people of the Effigy Mound Culture between A.D. 700-1000. It has been through excavation of other burial mounds quite similar to these that archeologists have learned most of what they know about the people who built them. These people lived by hunting, fishing and gathering wild vegetable foods. They practiced little if any agriculture.

There was usually only a single burial in mounds such as these, but in some mounds upwards of a dozen burials have been found. Artifacts such as flint tools and clay pots were seldom included with the burials. Archeologists have not yet accurately determined the significance of the various animal and geometric shapes in which the mounds were built.

Erected 1971 by the Wisconsin Historical Society. (Marker Number 177.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Wisconsin Historical Society series list.

Location. 43° 36.06′ N, 89° 42.708′ W. Marker is near Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, in Columbia County. It is on State Highway 16

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0.4 miles east of County Highway O, on the right when traveling east. Marker is 3.1 miles southeast of State Highway 13. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: W14337 Highway 16, Wisconsin Dells WI 53965, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Madison.

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Logging and Lumbering on the Wisconsin River (approx. 2.6 miles away); Newport Indian Mound (approx. 2.6 miles away); Belle Boyd (approx. 2.7 miles away); Kaminski Park (approx. 2.8 miles away); Honoring Village Trustee Tom Diehl (approx. 2.9 miles away); Lake Delton Catastrophe (approx. 2.9 miles away); Priegel Pier (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wisconsin Dells.

Additional keywords. Sacred site
Ho-Chunk Nation

Photographed by Greta Schassler, December 30, 2024

2. Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds Marker

Photographed by Keith L, May 14, 2008

3. Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds Marker

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Photographed by Keith L, May 14, 2008

4. Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds

Credits. This page was last revised on January 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 16, 2008, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 3,218 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 16, 2008, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. 2. submitted on December 30, 2024, by Greta Schassler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 3, 4. submitted on May 16, 2008, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.