David James Schaefer

Historical marker location:

215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Madison, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and East Doty Street, on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.)

1955-2004.

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.