On the hillside below are many old Indian graves, now unmarked and obliterated, and at a later period this plot became the burial ground of pioneers of white or mixed blood. Below this cemetery near the river bank, the foundation stones of the old Brunet home can still be traced. Jean Brunet, born in France in 1791 and regarded as the most interesting historical character in the Chippewa Valley, came to this valley in 1837 and later built a fur trader's cabin on this spot, with the falls below taking his name. His home became the most popular stopping place on the river, and Ezra Cornell made his headquarters here while locating the vast pine lands for Cornell University. Jean Brunet died in August 1877 and was buried at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.