The Wisconsin Archeologist (1-3)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... Summary of the Archeology of Winnebago County, Wisconsin. By PDBLIUS V. LAWSON, Ph. D. INTRODUCTION. Considered from the standpoint of the historian and archeobgist, Winnebago county is one of the richest and most interesting sections of the State of Wisconsin. It is located in the east central part of the state at a distance of 40 miles west of Lake Michigan and 80 miles north of Milwaukee. It is bounded on the east by the western shore of Lake Winnebago, on the south by Fond du Lac county, on the west by Green Lake and Waushara counties and on the north by Waupaca and Outagamie Counties. It is a county of beautiful lakes and rivers, all of which are navigable. The historic Fox river traverses the entire length of the county from its northeast to near its southwest corner. In its course, it connects Little Lake Butte des Morts, Lalce Winnebago and Big Lake Butte des Morts. The Wolf river, a stream of nearly equal size, enters the county at its northwestern corner, flows into Lakes Poygan and Winncconne and unites with the Fox near the center of the district. Rush lake, a large body of water, is situated in the southwestern corner of the county. The country is high, rolling, rich tillable land once covered with oak openings and prairies and now thickly populated and utilized for agricultural and other purposes. These features, together with the extent of the swamps of wild rice and the abundance of fish and game and other natural productions of various kinds, have always made this district a favorite dwelling place of the aboriginal peoples of Wisconsin. The truth of this last statement is to be better appreciated when we consider the many thousands of aboriginal artifacts of clay, stone, copper, iron, shell and bone which have already...