LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE - Revision history

Randylyon at 01:08, 21 October 2013

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	[[File:mounds3.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|A carefully designed trail leads visitors to the mounds between Dubuque and Sageville.]]		[[File:mounds3.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|A carefully designed trail leads visitors to the mounds between Dubuque and Sageville.]]
	[[File:mounds2.jpg\|left\|thumb\|450px\|Only the chain link fence gives a visitor a clue to the presence of the mounds. ~~Circa~~ 2013]]LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.		[[File:mounds2.jpg\|left\|thumb\|450px\|Only the chain link fence gives a visitor a clue to the presence of the mounds. Photo: 2013]]LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.

	Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)		Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)

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Randylyon at 01:07, 21 October 2013

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	[[File:mounds3.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|A carefully designed trail leads visitors to the mounds between Dubuque and Sageville.]]		[[File:mounds3.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|A carefully designed trail leads visitors to the mounds between Dubuque and Sageville.]]
	[[File:mounds2.jpg\|left\|thumb\|~~350px~~\|Only the chain link fence gives a visitor a clue to the presence of the mounds. Circa 2013]]LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.		[[File:mounds2.jpg\|left\|thumb\|450px\|Only the chain link fence gives a visitor a clue to the presence of the mounds. Circa 2013]]LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.

	Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)		Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)

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Randylyon at 01:04, 21 October 2013

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	[[File:~~mounds~~.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|A carefully designed trail leads visitors to the mounds between Dubuque and Sageville.]]		[[File:mounds3.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|A carefully designed trail leads visitors to the mounds between Dubuque and Sageville.]]
	[[File:mounds2.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|Only the chain link fence gives a visitor a clue to the presence of the mounds. Circa 2013]]LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.		[[File:mounds2.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|Only the chain link fence gives a visitor a clue to the presence of the mounds. Circa 2013]]LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.

Randylyon at 01:04, 21 October 2013

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	[[~~Image~~:~~rivermounds~~.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|~~Mounds of earth like these are reminders~~ of ~~ancient civilizations~~.]]LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.		[[File:mounds.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|A carefully designed trail leads visitors to the mounds between Dubuque and Sageville.]]
			[[File:mounds2.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|Only the chain link fence gives a visitor a clue to the presence of the mounds. Circa 2013]]LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.

	Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)		Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)

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Randylyon at 04:32, 19 December 2008

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	Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)		Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)

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Randylyon at 04:32, 19 December 2008

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	[[Image:rivermounds.~~gif~~\|left\|thumb\|350px\|Mounds of earth like these are reminders of ancient civilizations.]]LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.		[[Image:rivermounds.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|Mounds of earth like these are reminders of ancient civilizations.]]LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.

	Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)		Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)

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Randylyon at 04:29, 19 December 2008

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	Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)		Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)

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Randylyon at 01:31, 5 August 2008

2008-08-05T01:31:33Z

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	LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.		[[Image:rivermounds.gif\|left\|thumb\|350px\|Mounds of earth like these are reminders of ancient civilizations.]]LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.

	Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)		Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)

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New page: LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a resident...

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LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a residential development by contractor Jim Edwards, the hill was found to contain twenty-eight Native American burial mounds. The site was described by the scientists as one of the best preserved burial grounds in eastern Iowa.

Native Americans constructed the mounds between 200 A.D. and 1700 A.D. Some stand four feet high, while others have heights measured in inches. To construct them, an estimated ten thousand bushels of earth were moved into the area. A footpath provides visitor access to the area. (Photo Courtesy: http://dubuque-tour.tripod.com)