Wisconsin State Park with ancient history celebrates 75 anniversary

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Occasion organizers and group members gathered Saturday morning in celebration of Aztalan State Park’s 75 anniversary of turning into a Wisconsin State Park, Wisconsin Division of Pure Assets (DNR) shared.

The celebration included audio system, excursions, cake and free park admission for the general public.

Aztalan, the positioning of an historic Center-Mississippian city, is positioned proper outdoors of present-day Lake Mills. In response to DNR, the city was occupied between A.D. 1050 and 1250 by an historic group, and since then historians have recovered a residential space, a plaza, communal meals storage, ceremonial mounds and agricultural fields. Archeologists have even discovered stone buildings in Crawfish River the place Native individuals trapped fish.

Park officers say caretakers now wish to steadiness useful resource safety, website entry, and cautious growth and preservation on the grounds. They are saying it is a vital archaeological website for understanding human historical past.

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