Calumet County Park Group

Calumet County Park Group

Infobox_nrhp | name =Calumet County Park Group
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caption =
nearest_city= Stockbridge, Wisconsin
locmapin = Wisconsin
area =
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
added = December 29, 1997cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=97001551

Calumet County Park Group is an archaeological site in Calumet County, Wisconsin. It consists of six effigy mounds of panthers and other water spirits and it is located at the top of the Niagara Escarpment where overlook Lake Winnebago. The group is located within the Calumet County Park approximately 2 miles northwest of Stockbridge.cite book|last=Birmingham|first=Robert A.|coauthors=Eisenberg, Leslie E.|title=Indian Mounds of Wisconsin|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|date=2000|pages=page 194|isbn=0299168743| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wPNA_SnfrZ0C&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=%22calumet+county+park%22+mounds&source=web&ots=4bSWUD-eyI&sig=CmupxWVtnnEcVzVcmwgItyF9-hA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result |accessdate=2008-09-29] The mounds are consistent with other mound groups found at the peak of the Niagara Escarpment along the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago, including the High Cliff Mounds. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

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* [http://www.travelwisconsin.com/item_detail/Calumet_County_Park.aspx Map at the Wisconsin Department of Tourism]

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