Walking through Time: An Archaeological Tour of Pope Farm Conservancy

Saturday, August 5, 2023 (10-11AM)

Speaker: Dr. Amy L. Rosebrough, Archaeologist in the Division of Historic Preservation
and Public History at the Wisconsin Historical Society

Join Wisconsin Historical Society archaeologist Amy L. Rosebrough for a walking tour of the archeology and history of Pope Farm Conservancy. Scenes from many episodes of Wisconsin’s history have played out at Pope Farm, both uplifting and tragic, leaving traces of forgotten lives behind. 

This tour is free, family-friendly, and open to the public. No registration required.
This tour will require some up-hill walking over moderate terrain, so bring good walking shoes.
We will meet in the lower parking lot near the Old Sauk Rd entrance.

Program Details

Date/Time
Saturday, August 5th, 2023 at 10AM

Address
Pope Farm Conservancy, 7440 Old Sauk Rd, Verona, WI 53593
Meet in the LOWER parking lot

Contact
info@popefarmconservancy.org

Speaker Bio
Dr. Amy Rosebrough is an archaeologist in the Division of Historic Preservation and Public History at the Wisconsin Historical Society and a long-time volunteer with Pope Farm. She has been instrumental in putting in the Native American and the theme gardens at Pope Farm Conservancy. She has taught thousands of grade school students about the Native Americans, and what they were doing on this land. Amy volunteers her time to take care of those gardens, she has led adult tours for the public about the Archaeology at Pope Farm Conservancy (she even shows how the Atlatl was used by the Native Americans), and has helped the Friends gather and spread seed in the prairies. Amy is on the FOPFC education committee to help improve the overall educational experience for the public. Amy is a person with many talents and drew an artist rendering of what the upper hillside would have looked like 2,000 years ago. This rendering (shown above) is displayed as an interpretive sign entitled “What a View” located at the top of the hill. Pope Farm Conservancy would not be what it is today without the work that Amy Rosebrough has done. Amy’s talks are always delightful and not to be missed!