Increase A. Lapham
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Increase Allen Lapham was an American writer, scientist, and naturalist, whose work focused primarily on the what is now the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He made maps of the area and published numerous bo
Lapham examining a meteorite which had fallen in Wisconsin in 1868
The bivalve Nuculites laphami (Cleland, 1911) from the Milwaukee Formation, Middle Devonian, Wisconsin
Lapham's grave (rightmost) at Forest Home Cemetery
Aztalan State Park
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Aztalan State Park is a state park in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. Established in 1952, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and added to the National Register of Hist
Increase A. Lapham
…The centennial of Lapham's birth was celebrated in 1911. In 2011, celebration of the bicentennial was planned, including an Increase A. Lapham Day at Aztalan State Park. Lapham Junction () in Knapp, Jackson County, Wisconsin, is now defunct railroad junction on the Goodyear branch of the Milwaukee Road which branch ran…
Steps on the eastern face of the largest platform mound, Aztalan State Park
Largest platform mound viewed from the south and part of a stockade
Replica of a house built over 1000 years ago at Aztalan from an exhibit in the Wisconsin Historical Museum
Interior of Aztalan house in museum exhibit