John Muir View

Historical marker location:

Poynette, Wisconsin

( Marker is on U.S. 51, 0.1 miles north of Loveland Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1955

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.