This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFC.2ACE/711.26.3.5.1 Message Board Post: Hey there. I just finished a crazy week and will be heading up north for the weekend this afternoon. In the next 2 weeks I'm planning on checking the land records and obits to see if anything pops up. Meanwhile FYI. When General Sheridan negotiated the treaty with Chief Big Foot regarding Lake Geneva, Fontana area, there were 2 main rules for the land. First, since they believed that the Cedar tree was how the spirit ascended, they hung the dead in like a hammock in a cedar tree, therefore no cedar trees can be cut down around the perimeter of Lake Geneva (& 200 feet back from shore), & in what is now called Cedar Point Park located in Williams Bay. Second, there must always be a walking path around the shoreline so that at anytime anyone can walk the path (26.3 miles around), it can never be truly owned by anyone. Believe it or not even with the 2 to 20 million dollar estates etc on the shorelines, these agreements are still honored here. My sister and I have walked the path. Also prior indian burial mound areas were unknowingly destroyed in Lake Geneva, next to the library. Once it was confirmed that this was the case, the family who owned the property tore down the outbuildings and donated the land to the city-with the provision that no buildings would ever be built on the land. It is now Library Park. Many people come to picnic there and yearly there is a Pow Wow and cultural fair. It is also the main starting point for walking the path. Anyway, I just thought you might appreciate the "trivia". ~Georgia