Historical Marker
City Market
Historical marker location:
101 North Blount Street, Madison, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of North Blount Street and East Mifflin Street, on the left when traveling south on North Blount Street.)
Marker installed: 1976
1909. Robert L. Wright.
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.