Author: Hugh Highsmith
Publisher:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Mounds of Koshkonong and Rock River
Author: Hugh Highsmith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Indian Mounds of Wisconsin
Author: Robert A. Birmingham
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299313646
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This work offers an analysis of the way in which the phenomenon of not in my backyard operates in the United States. The author takes the situation further by offering hope for a heightened public engagement with the pressing environmental issues of the day.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299313646
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This work offers an analysis of the way in which the phenomenon of not in my backyard operates in the United States. The author takes the situation further by offering hope for a heightened public engagement with the pressing environmental issues of the day.
The Bark River Chronicles
Author: Milton J. Bates
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870206044
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The Bark River valley in southeastern Wisconsin is a microcosm of the state's - indeed, of the Great Lakes region's - natural and human history. "The Bark River Chronicles" reports one couple's journey by canoe from the river's headwaters to its confluence with the Rock River and several miles farther downstream to Lake Koshkonong. Along the way, it tells the stories of Ice Age glaciation, the effigy mound builders, the Black Hawk War, early settlement and the development of waterpower sites, and recent efforts to remove old dams and mitigate the damage done by water pollution and invasive species. Along with these big stories, the book recounts dozens of little stories associated with sites along the river. The winter ice harvest, grain milling technology, a key supreme court decision regarding toxic waste disposal, a small-town circus, a scheme to link the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River by canal, the murder of a Chicago mobster, controversies over race and social class in Waukesha County's lake country, community efforts to clean up the river and restore a marsh, visits to places associated with the work of important Wisconsin writers - these and many other stories belong to the Bark River chronicles. For the two voyageurs who paddle the length of the Bark, it is a journey of rediscovery and exploration. As they glide through marshes, woods, farmland, and cities, they acquire not only historical and environmental knowledge but also a renewed sense of the place in which they live. Maps and historical photographs help the reader share their experience.
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870206044
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The Bark River valley in southeastern Wisconsin is a microcosm of the state's - indeed, of the Great Lakes region's - natural and human history. "The Bark River Chronicles" reports one couple's journey by canoe from the river's headwaters to its confluence with the Rock River and several miles farther downstream to Lake Koshkonong. Along the way, it tells the stories of Ice Age glaciation, the effigy mound builders, the Black Hawk War, early settlement and the development of waterpower sites, and recent efforts to remove old dams and mitigate the damage done by water pollution and invasive species. Along with these big stories, the book recounts dozens of little stories associated with sites along the river. The winter ice harvest, grain milling technology, a key supreme court decision regarding toxic waste disposal, a small-town circus, a scheme to link the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River by canal, the murder of a Chicago mobster, controversies over race and social class in Waukesha County's lake country, community efforts to clean up the river and restore a marsh, visits to places associated with the work of important Wisconsin writers - these and many other stories belong to the Bark River chronicles. For the two voyageurs who paddle the length of the Bark, it is a journey of rediscovery and exploration. As they glide through marshes, woods, farmland, and cities, they acquire not only historical and environmental knowledge but also a renewed sense of the place in which they live. Maps and historical photographs help the reader share their experience.
The History of Rock County, Wisconsin
Author:
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Category : Rock County (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Rock County (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
Prehistoric America: Emblematic mounds and animal effigies (1890)
Author: Stephen Denison Peet
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The Rock River Valley
Author: Royal Brunson Way
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Emblematic Mounds and Animal Effigies
Author: Stephen Denison Peet
Publisher:
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Category : Mounds
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mounds
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Black Hawk War of 1832
Author: Patrick J. Jung
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806139944
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In 1832, facing white expansion, the Sauk warrior Black Hawk attempted to forge a pan-Indian alliance to preserve the homelands of the confederated Sauk and Fox tribes on the eastern bank of the Mississippi. Here, Patrick J. Jung re-examines the causes, course, and consequences of the ensuing war with the United States, a conflict that decimated Black Hawk's band. Correcting mistakes that plagued previous histories, and drawing on recent ethnohistorical interpretations, Jung shows that the outcome can be understood only by discussing the complexity of intertribal rivalry, military ineptitude, and racial dynamics.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806139944
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In 1832, facing white expansion, the Sauk warrior Black Hawk attempted to forge a pan-Indian alliance to preserve the homelands of the confederated Sauk and Fox tribes on the eastern bank of the Mississippi. Here, Patrick J. Jung re-examines the causes, course, and consequences of the ensuing war with the United States, a conflict that decimated Black Hawk's band. Correcting mistakes that plagued previous histories, and drawing on recent ethnohistorical interpretations, Jung shows that the outcome can be understood only by discussing the complexity of intertribal rivalry, military ineptitude, and racial dynamics.
Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin
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Category : Rock County (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Rock County (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
Aztalan
Author: Robert A. Birmingham
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870205188
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Aztalan has remained a mystery since the early nineteenth century when it was discovered by settlers who came to the Crawfish River, fifty miles west of Milwaukee. Who were the early indigenous people who inhabited this place? When did they live here? Why did they disappear? Birmingham and Goldstein attempt to unlock some of the mysteries, providing insights and information about the group of people who first settled here in 1100 AD. Filled with maps, drawings, and photographs of artifacts, this small volume examines a time before modern Native American people settled in this area.
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870205188
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Aztalan has remained a mystery since the early nineteenth century when it was discovered by settlers who came to the Crawfish River, fifty miles west of Milwaukee. Who were the early indigenous people who inhabited this place? When did they live here? Why did they disappear? Birmingham and Goldstein attempt to unlock some of the mysteries, providing insights and information about the group of people who first settled here in 1100 AD. Filled with maps, drawings, and photographs of artifacts, this small volume examines a time before modern Native American people settled in this area.