The Circus

Historical marker location:

Poynette, Wisconsin

( Marker can be reached from U.S. 90-94, 2.5 miles west of County Highway CS, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1971

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.