Author: Lewis, Theodore Hayes (b.1856).
Title: Old French Post at Trempeleau, Wisconsin. (Offprint from the Magazine of American History, September, 1889).
Description: [St. Paul, MN]: [no publisher noted], 1889. 1889. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed self-wrappers. 6 pages, with the last one blank. Illustrated with a Plan of the Site and 2 photographs. Folded twice horizontally, the last page is detached. Good.

First separate edition. Signed in print on page 5: "T.H. Lewis / St. Paul, Minnesota, July 4, 1889."

Theodore H. Lewis was the first archaeologist to systematically survey and record archaeological sites in Minnesota. Between 1883 and 1895 Lewis surveyed more than 12,000 mounds in Minnesota, Canada and surrounding states. His research formed the basis of knowledge about petroglyphs, incised boulders, burial mounds and cave art in Minnesota.

RARE. Good .

Keywords: OLD FRENCH POST AT TREMPELEAU, WISCONSIN; THEODORE HAYES LEWIS; MOUNDS; TREMPELEAU WISCONSIN; ILLUSTRATIONS; CHARCOAL; FIREPLACE; TREMPELEAU MOUNTAIN; ARCHAEOLOGY; AMERICANA; FIRST SEPARATE EDITION; RARE PAMPHLET; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 1ST SEP

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