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Blue Mound State Park is a state park in Wisconsin, United States, located atop the largest hill in the southern half of the state, near the village of Blue Mounds.The 1,153-acre (467 ha) park features a pair of observation towers affording views of the Wisconsin River valley and Baraboo Range to the north, the mounds, buttes, and rolling forests of the Driftless Area to the south and west ...
Fort Blue Mounds: Fort Blue Mounds: September 24, 2001 : Address Restricted: Blue Mounds: Site where in 1832 Colonel Ebenezer Brigham and residents of Blue Mounds, on hearing events of the Black Hawk War, threw up an oak stockade for refuge. 26: Fox Hall: Fox Hall
Blue Mounds is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village had a population of 950. [4] The village is adjacent to the Town of Blue Mounds, and is part of the Madison metropolitan area. Blue Mounds was named by French missionaries for the blueish hue of three nearby mounds. [7]
98000169 [1] Added to NRHP. March 16, 1998. Little Norway was a living museum of a Norwegian village located in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. Little Norway consisted of a fully restored farm dating to the mid-19th century. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] Little Norway closed in late 2012.
Blue Mound is a summit in Vernon County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The peak has an elevation of 928 feet (283 m). [1] Variant names were "Blue Mounds" and "Twin Mounds". [1] The summit was named for its characteristic bluish hue when viewed from afar. [2]
Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.As of the 2020 census, the population was 561,504, making it the second-most populous county in Wisconsin after Milwaukee County. [1]
Cave of the Mounds. Cave of the Mounds, a natural limestone cave located near Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, United States, is named for two nearby hills called the Blue Mounds. It is located in the southern slope of the east hill. The cave's beauty comes from its many varieties of mineral formations called speleothems.
On May 10, 1832, the construction of Fort Blue Mounds began with the help of the residents of Blue Mounds, led by the newly promoted Colonel Ebenezer Brigham. [1][2][3] The fort was built a mile south of Eastern Mound on the highest part of the open prairie, [2] allowing for a commanding view of the open country for miles. [2]