File:Great River Road - Bow and Arrow Historic Marker - NARA - 7718851.jpg

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Great River Road - Bow and Arrow Historic Marker   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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S. Clyde
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Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty. Office of Natural and Human Environment. National Scenic Byways Program. 1991-
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Great River Road - Bow and Arrow Historic Marker
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Original Caption: This historic marker beside the Great River Road in Wisconsin discusses the discovery and possible meanings of the unique man-made rock "art" named "Bow and Arrow."

Location: Location: Wisconsin

Status: Public domain. Photo by S. Clyde
Date Taken on 8 April 2006, 14:58 (according to Exif data)
institution QS:P195,Q518155
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 7718851.

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  • Record group: Record Group 406: Records of the Federal Highway Administration (National Archives Identifier: 702)
  • Series: Digital Photographs Relating to America's Byways (National Archives Identifier: 7455326)
  • Former ARC Identifier: 406-NSB-053-4173_BowAndArrowSignHill.jpg
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The rock outline you see on the distant bluff is an archeological curiosity. Jacob V. Brower, a Minnesota archeologist, observed this formation in 1902 and interpreted it as a bow and arrow. In 1903 he wrote, "Some of the stones representing the bowstring are displaced. The intention seems to have been to represent a bow and arrow drawn to shoot toward Lake Pepin." Modern archeologists think the boulders may form a bird effigy, but no one has reached a definite conclusion. Although it is an old, well-known landmark, perhaps even ancient, its origin and age are unknown and it is no part of the Indian lore of this region. Boulder alignments made by Indians exist in other states, but this is the only one known in Wisconsin. Was it made by Indians? Is it a bow and arrow or a bird? It remains a mystery.

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1979 by the Wisconsin Historical Society. (Marker Number 258.)
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Author Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty. Office of Natural and Human Environment. National Scenic Byways Program. 1991 Edit this at Structured Data on Commons

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Public domain This image is a work of a United States Department of Transportation employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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