Historical Marker
Cnesses Israel Synagogue
Historical marker location:
726 Pine Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of Pine Street and North Jackson Street, on the right when traveling east on Pine Street.)
Marker installed: 2005
Wisconsin is known as the "Badger State" because of the lead miners who first settled there in the 1820s and 1830s. These miners often lived in tunnels burrowed into hillsides, much like badgers.