Historical Marker
Ketchums Point
Historical marker location:
Portage, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 33 and East Cook Street, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 33.)
Marker installed: 2000
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.