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Black Wolf Point WCP NEWS Volume 6 June 2018 WINNEBAGO COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT & SUNNYVIEW EXPO CENTER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Historically Speaking—here’s what some famous historical figures had to say about nature, play and parks. Inside this issue: Survey says… 2 Winnebago County Parks Dept. The Adventures of Stan & Phil 3 625 E. Cty. Rd. Y #500, Oshkosh WI Schedule of Events 8 54901 (920)232-1960 Spotlight On - Lasley Point 9 www.co.winnebago.wi.us/parks Picture Yourself in Winnebago County Parks & Sunnyview Expo Center! Page 2 WCP Historically, the wise old owl, answers lots of questions. https://www.getfeedback.com/r/bht2bIMn/ Picture Yourself in Winnebago County Parks & Sunnyview Expo Center! Page 3 WCP NEWS Professor Stan’s Lecture Series Wisconsin’s Native American Tribal History (Includes field trip) Praise for Professor Stan’s lectures... “One of the all time great “Hall of fame worthy”. Dick Butkis orators.” Dr. Suess “Awe inspiring not stentorious at all” Barbara Walthers “Good stuff(ing). Not.” “2 Phil Higgenbottom Listen to your favorite Cumulus Broadcasting station for a clue as to where to Spot Stan. He’s beginning his lecture series with a field trip featuring Wisconsin’s Native American History. If you Spot Stan, sneak up on him and get a photo, send it to our Facebook page and you’ll be eligible to win some cool stuff. In case you missed him, Stan was visiting the Sunnyview Expo Center all last month to check out the horse shows. Unfortunately he started a ‘stanpede’ and will not be allowed to return when horses are present. Picture Yourself in Winnebago County Parks & Sunnyview Expo Center! Page 4 WCP NEWS SPONSORS CORNER A little history on the Mascoutin, their namesake wine and recreational trail. Picture Yourself in Winnebago County Parks & Sunnyview Expo Center! Page 5 WCP NEWS Welcome to our new Ranger Brad! Glad to have you on board. Page 6 WCP NEWS This spring has been an unusual one. With the late snow fall and numerous rain events a great deal of park tasks got pushed into May and even June in some cases. Thank you for your patience in waiting for the water to recede enough for buoys to be placed and docks to be put out. Also we appreciate your patience regarding dealings with the significant fish kill due to VHS. Our very small staff managed to remove 2 tons of dead fish from our numerous boat landing sites. That said the Waukau Dam site has been inundat- ed with carp carcasses that were left by bow fishers who were fishing in a restricted area. No bow fishing is allowed within 200 feet of a dam struc- ture. Therefore the fishing that has been done at Waukau Dam is illegal and the WDNR and Sheriff’s Department have been notified. If such ac- tions continue bow fishing may be banned completely from the site. The life jacket loaner station has been put in at Grundman Park/Osh-o- Nee Boat Landing for the season. With continued rainy episodes please take care to stay off turf areas that are visibly wet. The soccer fields especially have been in a tender state and we would like to keep them usable throughout the season for every- one to enjoy. Please continue to park on hard surfaces only while attending events at the Sunnyview Expo Center. It too has experienced an inordinate amount of rain and the ground remains saturated in spots. If parking lots are full promoters will be notified where to allow patrons to park that will sustain vehicle traffic on site. Picture Yourself in Winnebago County Parks & Sunnyview Expo Center! Page 7 WCP NEWS Join us and Picture Yourself in Winnebago County Parks & Sunnyview Expo Center! WCP NEWS Page 8 SUNNYVIEW EXPO CENTER June 2 & 3—NEWQHA Paper Valley Festival Horse Show June 12, 13, 26 & 27—4H Horse & Pony Project Clinic/ Open Ride June 23—private party June 27-30—Oshkosh Charity Saddle Horse Show Cruisin’ Safely Motorcycle Safety Classes take place throughout the month WINNEBAGO COUNTY COMMUNITY PARK Weekdays in June—Covey Day Camp Various weekdays—YMCA Stroller Aerobics & YMCA Adult Boot Camp June 9 & 10—United Soccer Tournament June 10—Doggie Paddle at the Park June 23—Oshkosh Rugby Club and Oshkosh Youth Tag Rugby Tournament June 24—Oshkosh Fun Run June 30– July 1—Hmong Soccer Tournament TRAILS, NATURE PRESERVES, AND BOAT LANDINGS June 15, 22 & 29—YMCA Friday Family Rides on the WIOUWASH Picture Yourself in Winnebago County Parks & Sunnyview Expo Center! Page 9 WCP NEWS Spotlight Lasley Point Nature On Area Lasley Point Archeological Site almost art deco in appear- ance. They wove baskets and clothing from The wilds of the Lasley Point Archaeological plant fibers. Site mark the spot where a Native American village once thrived. Between 1200 and 1500 They were wonderful potters. The few com- AD its 47.7 acres supported an Oneota Indian plete pots that archaeologists have found are village. In the early 1940s, numerous archaeo- satisfyingly round or oval logical digs took place in the area uncovering jars and bowls, with pale broken bone tools, shells, human bones, cop- glints of crushed clam per flakes, charcoal and pottery. The sites of shell in their thin walls. early garden beds and cache pits were also The surface designs are discovered. No additional excavating has been geometric and often in- done since the 1940s. However, the area was clude stylized representa- nominated and accepted for inclusion in the tions of hawk's wings and listing of the National Register of Historic Plac- serpents, combining ele- es late in 1979. This unique site was pur- ments of supernatural, chased two years later from the Winnebago water, earth, underworld, County Historical Society. Below are excerpts and sky concepts. from several sources on the Oneota. The Oneota Culture Prehistoric Farmers of the Throughout the area known as the Prairie American Midwest By K. Kris Hirst Peninsula in the North American Midwest, in- For more info- www.co.winnebago.wi.us/sites/ cluding Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, default/files/uploaded-files/ and into Manitoba, Missouri, and Nebraska, lasley_point_history.pdf are found artifacts from several groups of peo- 5900 Lasley Point Rd Winneconne, WI 54986 ple archaeologists call Oneota (oh-nee-OH- tah). Archaeological sites with Oneota artifacts are mostly villages, situated alongside major rivers, and include Grant and Wever Terrace sites in Iowa, the Blood Run site in Iowa and South Dakota, several La Crosse area sites in Wisconsin, and sites in the Red Wing area of Minnesota. Radiocarbon dates for the villages range between about 1000 and 1650 AD. Artifacts of the Oneota The Oneota mined copper, which they beat into decorative objects. They mined or traded for catlinite, also called red pipestone, in south- western Minnesota, and carved elegant pipes in animal effigies and platform shapes, some Page 10 WCP NEWS This and that… Looking north at Doty Island over the Fox River Doty Island is an island in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Its northern part is in the city of Menasha and its southern part is in the city of Neenah. Doty Is- land is surrounded by two branches of the Fox River on the north and south, flowing from Lake Winnebago to the east, and Little Lake Butte des Morts to the west. The Ho-Chunk chief Glory of the Morning lived in a village on Doty Island in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was given the name Doty Island after James Duane Doty (1799–1865), Gov- ernor of the Wisconsin Territory (1841–1844),[4][5] and a two-term member of Congress (1849–1853). Following his service in the nation's capital, Doty retired to his "Grand Loggery" home on the island near its southern shore, in present- day Doty Park in Neenah. Doty Island Location in Wisconsin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Good to know. WCP NEWS Page 11 History is Everywhere POYGAN LANDING Term: Poygan Lake, Winnebago Co. Definition: From Increase Lapham's 1844 Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin: "PEWAUGAN LAKE, is an expansion of Wolf river, about ten miles in length, commencing a short distance above its junction with the Neenah [Fox]." Term: Poygan [origin of place name] Definition: "Vincent Roy, an intelligent Chippewa of Superior, Wis., thinks the word a corruption of opwagan, for 'pipe.' Perhaps Lake Poygan may have some resemblance to a pipe, of which the river is, as it were, the stem and the lake the head." "Opwagan" is from the Ojibwe language POYGAN PAYGROUNDS In 1836 the Menominee Indians ceded all their lands between the Wolf and Fox Rivers to the United States Government. Payment was made every October in twenty annual installments on these grounds. All their remaining lands were ceded in 1848 and they were offered a reservation in Minnesota which they refused. In 1852 they moved up the Wolf River where in 1854 they were granted eight townships, the present Keshena Reservation. Text of Historical Marker erected in 1956 by the Winnebago Historical Society On June 1, 2010 an opening ceremony took place here to mark the beginning of “Ateqnohkew Pemohneaw” which translates to “a walk that tells a sacred story”. This 75 mile walk, led by Menominee Tribal member, Richie Plass, was to honor one of the leaders of the historic removal of the Menominee from these lands, Chief Powekonnay. The walk was held to educate Menomi- nee youth, members and citizens of Wisconsin on a phase of the Tribe’s history. The route of the walk went from this location, through Winneconne, New London, and Shawano on to the Menominee Reservation at Keshena ending at Wayka Falls, whose original name was Powekonnay Falls, with a traditional Welcoming Ceremony.
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