Bear Mound Park (Madison, Wisconsin)

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Large Indian effigy mound in the shape of a bear. When the neighborhood was planned in the 1890s, Vilas Avenue was split around it, preserving most of it. Other mounds in the area were not so lucky.

Link: www.wisconsinhistory.org/madison/madisonmounds.pdf
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Coordinates:   43°3'47"N   89°24'39"W
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