The Winfield Mounds were crafted by Native Americans who lived along the West Branch of the DuPage River, now West Chicago. The three mounds dome-shaped and set in a triangular pattern. This happens to be the only documented prehistoric burial/effigy site in DuPage County. Unfortunately, vandals dug up the mounds during the early 20th-century, and years later, research-oriented digs by the University of Chicago and Wheaton College removed all artifacts and permanently damaged the mounds. In 1998, volunteers reconstructed three low round mounds to mark the historically significant Winfield Mounds site,…
