Wisconsin Historical Society

The district is centered along South Railroad Street and East Wall Street, an area first developed in the 1880s

What started with the discovery of two ancient canoes in Lake Mendota in southern Wisconsin now tells a much bigger story of the history of native people in the region

In Ojibwe culture, winter is storytelling season.

The Wisconsin Historical Society announced Monday that Wisconsin’s State Archaeologist Dr. Jim Skibo died last week.

An incredible archaeology find at the bottom of Lake Mendota has been making headlines across the state.One of the people who lead the effort to bring the 12-hundred-year-old canoe to the surface is a familiar voice to WXPR listeners.