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The park contains an ancient burial ground used by the Old Copper Complex Culture of early Native Americans, between 5,000 and 6,000 B.C.E. during the Copper Age.It was rediscovered in June 1952 by a 13-year-old boy who unearthed human bones while playing in an old quarry.
Castle Rock Lake was created as the result of a hydropower project initiated by the Wisconsin River Power Company (WRPCO) in tandem with the related Petenwell Dam and Reservoir to dam the Wisconsin River. [3] Construction of the Castle Rock Dam was started in 1947 and completed 4 years later in 1951. [5]
Caldron Falls Dam, Caldron Falls Reservoir, Wisconsin Public Service Co. Castle Rock Dam, Castle Rock Lake, Wisconsin River Power Company; Cedar Falls Dam, Tainter Lake, Xcel Energy; Chalk Hills Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Menominee River, Wisconsin Electric Power Co. (between Wisconsin and Michigan) Chequamegon Waters Dam, 45.20061, -90.71103
The Old Copper Complex of the Western Great Lakes is the best known, and can be dated as far back as 9,500 years ago. [4] [1] Great Lakes natives of the Archaic period located 99% pure copper near Lake Superior, in veins touching the surface and in nuggets from gravel beds.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Buckhorn State Park is a 6,990-acre (2,829 ha) Wisconsin state park southeast of Necedah . The park occupies a peninsula on Castle Rock Lake , a reservoir formed at the confluence of the Wisconsin and Yellow Rivers.
In the northwestern region of Lombardy, the dry bed of the Oglio river has revealed wooden stakes that have been dated to the prehistoric period ranging from 2300 to 700 BC. And in Piedmont, the ...
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A team of archaeological divers found pieces of ancient Egyptian artifacts that have been sitting at the bottom of the Nile River since the area was flooded in the 1960s and 1970s.