Historical Marker
Neillsville Post Office
Historical marker location:
619 Hewett Street, Neillsville, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of Hewett Street and East 6th Street, on the right when traveling north on Hewett Street.)
The first European to explore Wisconsin was Jean Nicolet, a French explorer who arrived in 1634. He was looking for a water route to Asia but instead encountered the Menominee Indians near Green Bay.