from a note I wrote to a friend in the southwest, which has numerous ancient sites, too, many better known and better protected than those in the Midwest: > Still raining here and the cats would have spent the whole day in > my bed under the quilt but for my driving an hour and a half north to > an archaeology fair and forcing them into the cold kitchen where they > are safe while I'm gone. Wisconsin has more Indian mounds than > anywhere in the world, some quite large ones, but many, many in > south-eastern WI. This lecture included a tour but because of rain > and mud we got out of the vehicles only once. It was amazing. Right > along the road, a quarter mile of mounds, many round or conical, just > humping along on top of a ridge that defined a stream, between it and > the road. One panther style mound visible and from the graphic > accompanying our handout, about 6 more stretched out on this ridge > further off. In private hands, of someone who values it enough to mow > the grass there so we could see the shapes, but stories circulated in > the group of all the new construction, especially the 300,000 dollar > houses which took out several mounds in a town I didn't know. > How long will these mounds survive? Pressure constantly from > Urban Sprawl. The abysmal failure to educate people to not destroy > the past. Imagine! These home builders are so out of it they > destroyed thousand year old artifacts to build their oversize homes > instead of being so intensely proud of what they'd acquired, > artifacts they could have chosen to protect, showcase, and preserve. > And it was raining the whole time and this group of wet adults and > one pre-kindergartener walked reverently thru American history in a > 3-dimensional shape. Marvelous day. > Ashley This event described in part above was the Horicon Marsh archaeology fair, which I would have posted to the WI list if I'd heard of it before Thursday. Upcoming events at Horicon include Animal Medicine on October 14, the fall migration ( geese? ) on October 20, the Niagara escarpment and later, the WI ice age, on October 27. For more information contact: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/wildlife/reclands/horicon/ A reminder: lecture in Lake Park Pavilion, Milwaukee, 7 pm October 17, by the authors of <Indian Mounds of Wisconsin>, free and with free parking.

Hi Bob, I was wondering if you could check your cemetery records for me and let me know if there is any additional info on Julia Lodema SAULT? I have yet to find out how and where she fits in. I also found My GG grandmothers brother Thomas Butler Sault and his family (George Saults G grandfather I believe. And I have not heard from him as of yet. Hope he and his family are ok.) I found Thomas and his family at Holy Trinity Cemetery in Milwaukee, I still have a John Sault to locate which is another brother to Thomas and My GG Grand mother Susan Sault Bainer. And there are three Saults with Thomas and his wife Nellie that I also need to find out who and how they may be related. Thanks Bob! Anyone else, Any help on Any Saults/Salts, also a Payne CHRISTIE that lived in Milwaukee early 1900's, had a daughter about 1908 Elaine Beatrice or so I believe. And My GG Grandmothers family Susan and Jacob BAINER had twin daughters and a son also in 1887 and 1884. George Bainer born Sept. 10,1884 and Elizabeth and Florence Bainer born July 4, 1887. Also sister of my GG grandmother Sarah Jane Sault GRANT was married to Eugene L. Grant in Ohio in 1875. They also lived in Milwaukee I found all of the Saults, and Grants, and Bainers in the Milwaukee Directory for 1889 and 1890. Looking for any info that may be about them. Many thanks. Blessings, Debbie Christie-Rogers Bellevue NE