Historical Marker
Governor Knowles State Forest
Historical marker location:
15425 State Highway 70, Grantsburg, Wisconsin
( Marker can be reached from State Highway 70 west of Gravel Pit Road, on the left when traveling west.)
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.