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ARCHEOLOGY & NATURE TO BE FEATURED AT MUSCODA FESTIVAL MUSCODA
The Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board and two archeological organizations are cooperating to add a touch of the past to the 2018 Muscoda Morel Mushroom Festival on Saturday, May 19th and Sunday, May 20th. The Three Eagles Foundation will offer guided tours of Frank’s Hill, an effigy mound site near Muscoda, and Cultural Landscape Legacies member Dr. William Gartner will give a lecture on Native American agriculture from 1000 years ago. Dr. Gartner’s lecture is entitled, “Furrows Beneath the Forest, Ridges Above the Prairie: Wisconsin...
read moreCELEBRATE SPRING’S ARRIVAL AT FRANK’S HILL
Bid farewell to winter and welcome spring by observing the vernal equinox amongst the ancient effigy mounds at Frank’s Hill near Muscoda. The Three Eagles Foundation will welcome people to observe the sunrises and sunsets from Saturday through Wednesday, March 17th to 21st, in recognition of the changing of the seasons. Spring officially begins at 11:15 a.m. (CDT) on Tuesday, March 20th. Representatives of the Three Eagles Foundation will be on Hill East on Sunday evening for the sunset. Frank’s Hill will be open to the public for self-guided...
read moreDec. 21st @ 4pm – WINTER SOLSTICE OBSERVANCE SLATED FOR FRANK’S HILL
The public is invited to Frank’s Hill in southern Richland County on Thursday, December 21st, when the setting sun on the shortest of day of the year will be viewed from a small knoll peppered with effigy mounds in southern Richland County. The property is located on STH 193 just off STH 60 a few miles west of Muscoda and has been the site of many solstice and equinox gatherings in the past. Weather permitting, area residents are invited to join the festivities and remember events of the past year. A moment of silence will be observed for...
read moreDec. 2nd – Archeologists to Discuss Effigy Mounds at Muscoda Library
ARCHEOLOGISTS TO DISCUSS EFFIGY MOUNDS AT MUSCODA LIBRARY MUSCODA…..The effigy mounds of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway and other regions in Wisconsin will be the topic of a special lecture and book signing at the Muscoda Public Library on Saturday, December 2nd, beginning at 10:00 a.m. A guided tour of the effigy mounds at Frank’s Hill in southern Richland County will follow for those interested. Dr. Robert Birmingham, former State Archeologist for Wisconsin, and Dr. Amy Rosebrough, Deputy State Archeologist for the Wisconsin...
read moreFRANK’S HILL OPEN TO PUBLIC FOR EQUINOX EVENT – September 22nd
MUSCODA…..Frank’s Hill, an effigy mound site in southern Richland County, will be open to the public on Friday, September 22nd through Sunday, September 24th, for observance of the autumnal equinox. 3:02 p.m. on September 22nd will mark the end of summer and beginning of fall. Everyone is invited to gather at Frank’s Hill near Muscoda from Friday through Sunday to view the sunrise or sunset or to visit the site during the day to see the mounds and the grand vista. A campfire and sharing of stories hosted by the Three Eagles Foundation...
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