Koshkonong Mounds

(Destroyed & Inaccessible)

Destroyed Mounds around Lake Koshkonong (per H.L.Skavlem):

  Ogden Group (5 conicals & 3 linears)

  Rock River Group (14 conicals & possible effigy)

  Tay-E-He-Dah Group (9 conicals, 3 linears, 1 tapering linear, 1 club-like)

  Taylor House Group (6 conicals, 1 oval, 1 effigy, 2 linears, 2 tapering linear)

  Fulton Group (3 conicals)

  John Son Group (1 conical, 1 linear, 1 tapering linear, 1 curved linear)

  Noe Springs Group (4 effigies, 3 club-like, 3 linears, 53 conicals, 2 chain-type mounds - linear mounds with conical ones built upon them at                     sometimes regular intervals)

  North Group (1 oval, 1 effigy, 3 conicals, 2 linear

  Rufus Bingham Group (17 conicals, 1 linear, 2 possible effigies)

  LeSellier Group (25 conicals, 2 linears, 1 mink effigy)

  Kumlien Group (1 effigy, 4 ovals, 4 linears, 19 conicals & possibly more)

  Koshkonong Creek Mounds (4 conicals & 4 linears)

  Draves Group (2 conicals, 1 oval, 3 effigies - of which one is unknown long-tailed creature)

  Skavlem Group (5 conicals)

  Carcajou Group (2 conicals)

  Loge Bay Group (3 conicals)

  Altpeter Group (2 turtles, 2 dumbbells, 5 conicals, 3 tapering linears, 13 linears, 3 of unusual shape - either club-like or mutilated panthers)

  Fun Hunter's Point Mound (1 conical)

  Lookout Group (9 conicals & 1 linear)

  Haight's Creek Group (12 conicals)

  Ira Bingham Group (1 kidney-shaped, 1 pear-shaped, 5 linear, 12 conical)

According to Hugh Highsmith, these mounds are still visible in and around Fort Atkinson, most on private property:

  Curtis Hill Group (only 1 linear still exists today)

  Brandel Mound

  Scherwitz & Borchardt Group (1 curved linear, 2 birds, 1 turtle & 1 conical)

  Brounty Mound

  Ward Mounds (1 turtle & 1 linear)

  Wedl Mounds (2 ovals linked together)

  Banker Group (7 mounds, used to have more)

  North Hills Mound Complex (4 mounds or their parts still exist; used to have signal mound and very unusual Y-shaped mound)

  Armstrong mound (used to be part of a group)

  Sayre/Hake Group (3 ovals)

  Butternut Hills Group (destroyed, used to have 2 or 3 conicals)

  Telfer Mound

 

There are few groups of mounds preserved on private lands around Lake Koshkonong.

  The biggest one is a Hoard Group, located on the grounds of the aptly called Koshkonong Mounds Country Club (above). Once thought to have at least 36 mounds, this group is inaccessible to public, and the golf course doesn't advertise or mention the mounds on its website, apparently not wanting anybody but paying customers on its greens. Please remember that the course is a private property and has the right to take legal action against trespassers! (The reason I didn't do an extensive photography there is i didn't want to be one!) According to Hugh Highsmith , 22 mounds survive to this day. Used to have 8 conical, 1 oval, 1 pear-shaped, 2 linear, 2 tapering linear, 1 curved club-like, 4 bird effigies, 2 panthers, 5 turtles.

There are also leftovers of the Koshkonong Group (not to be confused with the above). Originally it contained 63 conical mounds, 5 linear, 1 curved linear, 1 oval, 3 tapering linear, 2 effigies, 1 conical with short tapering appendage and another conical with a long one, and 1 unusual mound that looks like turtle without any tail (total 78 mounds). According to locals, the surviving remains of the group contain effigies and may eventually be bought by the county to preserve the mounds. The mounds get mowed, but otherwise don't get disturbed (see below).