10000 B.C. - 25 B.C.
- By 10000 B.C. a large glacier carved it's way through Wisconsin and subsequently created the Fox River Valley.
- Following the recession of the glaciers around 8000 B.C., the area was inhabited by a primitive group known as the Paleo Indians.
- By 5000 B.C. the Paleo Indian culture in the Fox River Valley had developed further and became a more stable, less nomadic culture of hunter/gatherers
- The presence of Woodland Indian cultures that developed along the Fox River in the Neenah-Menasha area can be traced as far back as 2000 years
- The river provided people with fish, wild rice, water, and forests for shelter.
2020 Lakeshore Avenue Archaeological Survey
During the summer and fall of 2020, archaeologists from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee undertook an investigation of the site along Lakeshore Avenue in Neenah. The Neenah Historical Society had a program in April of 2021 with Dr. Jennifer Haas, the director of the project, discussing some preliminary findings of the people who lived along the Fox River. Click on the link below to watch the video of the presentation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dXIyl_N2Cg&t=2599s