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On County Route N, 2 miles south of Wisconsin Highway 106, on the left when traveling south.
A large Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Village dating from the 1700s once stood in this vicinity. Just before the 1832 Black Hawk War, the village was burned during an intra-tribal battle. On July 6th and 8th, the United States Military camped at this site in . . . — — Map (db m31764) HM
On Milwaukee Avenue East, on the left when traveling east.
"Whilst lying here we have thrown up a stockade work flanked by four block houses for the security of our supplies and the accomodation of the sick," wrote General Henry Atkinson of this spot in his army report to General Winfield Scott on July 17, . . . — — Map (db m31765) HM
On Koshkonong Mounds Road, 1 mile west of Old Wisconsin Highway 26.
Between AD 650 and 1200, groups of Native Americans throughout the southern half of Wisconsin and portions of adjacent states built earthen mounds of various shapes and sizes, including mounds shaped like animals, today called effigy mounds. The 11 . . . — — Map (db m31766) HM
On Black Hawk Island Road, 3.2 miles west of Wisconsin Highway 106, on the left when traveling west.
Fish fowl flood Water lily mud My life in the leaves and on water My mother and I born in swale and swamp and sworn to water Lorine Niedecker (1903-70) lived on Black Hawk Island most of her life and . . . — — Map (db m32181) HM
On Riverside Drive (State Highway 106), on the left when traveling east.
Discovered in 1850 by Increase A. Lapham, this is the only known intaglio Effigy mound in the world. It was excavated for ceremonial purposes by American Indians of the Effigy Mound Culture about 1000 A.D. A part of the tail has been covered. Of ten . . . — — Map (db m82646) HM
On Campus Road at Lexington Boulevard, on the left when traveling east on Campus Road.
This tree is dedicated to our soldiers and sailors who died in the World War
They died that freedom might not perish from the Earth
Edwin Baldwin • Guy Black • Warner Boettcher • Wilbur Converse • Paul Florin • Edwin Frohmader • . . . — — Map (db m39109) HM
