Spiritual journey awaits at mound

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: October 19, 2003| Author: MIKE NICHOLS | Copyright information

Mike Nichols

Spiritual journey awaits at mound

By MIKE NICHOLS of the Journal Sentinel staff

Sunday, October 19, 2003

Take another walk around Lizard Mound.

Most folks around these parts are vaguely aware of the Washington County park in the Town of Farmington named after a 250-foot-long earthen effigy that vaguely resembles a monstrous reptile.

Some have even been there. But not, perhaps, since it has become clear that the lizard was never meant to be...

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