Trempealeau, WI

Trempealeau is only our second stop and we have already realized that every town will have something very unique and surprising about it.  The surprise at Trempealeau was the discovery of an archaeological dig going on across the street from the coffee shop. Closer investigation told us that the Cahokia people commonly known to have build a huge city east of St. Louis, MO, on the Illinios side of the Mississippi, traveled up to Trempealeau and resided here for a number of years.  The night we were here in Trempealea, the archaeologists were talking at the community center to explain their findings from last summer's dig in Trempealeau and what they plan to do this summer.  We attended and found it fascinating.  For more information follow this link... http://www.archaeological.org/fieldwork/afob/3910  The two speakers were the directors of the dig - Ernie Boszhardt and Danielle Benden

This is a photo of local Trempealeau resident, Terry's (guy below with purple shirt) yard where much of the artifacts have been found. There is also, a mound on the east side of his house in the second photo.  One afternoon, Terry showed us around his property and in his 5(?) car garage where he rebuilds & restores old cars. He retired a few years ago and does a fantastic job with the restorations. The one that really caught Bob's eye was the 1970 Dodge Dart.

Finally, the photo with the mound.  The students spread these plastic tarps out and will use them to cover the dig overnight. But the mound is shown right in the center of the photo.  Right now there are iris' growing on the top of the mound, so it doesn't show up as easily.