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History of the Effigy Mounds Park in Whitewater
The Potawatomi people, after being displaced from their native lands further east, most likely in the mid-17th century during the Beaver Wars, settled in the area now known as Indian Mounds Park and near the Whitewater River, now Whitewater Creek. The area was given this name because of the white clay and sands that collect at the bottom of the river.
In 1837, Samuel Prince built the first log cabin near what is today the site of Whitewater's Effigy Mounds Park.
The “Eagle Mound”, in the far left corner, was partially destroyed by farming when Native Americans cleared areas that were later used for agriculture by European settlers. |
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The Song of Restoring Tractors |
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by Robert Rivers - Janesville
Remaking tractors, we are made ourselves.
The centuries’ past work
of land, thought, and metal
through the hands of the gifted mechanic
is nutted and bolted
with the weaving of our souls.
That the voice of past harvest not dim,
but that the life and humanity
of the ancestral farmer continue
through steel, recollection, and spirit. |
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1907 & 2007 Whitewater Homecoming |
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One hundred years after the 1907 Homecoming Festival of Whitewater, an epic effort by today's folks, revived and relived the story of Whitewater and celebrated the spirit of our town in 2007. A terrific website became the journal of both events, and even though it has not been updated since the 2007 event, it is a treasure chest of history, memories and stories. For a real treat, Click Here! |
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