Historical Marker
Dick-Eddy Buildings
Historical marker location:
119 King Street, Madison, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of East Doty Street and King Street, on the left when traveling east on East Doty Street.)
Marker installed: 2011
1889 and 1907. Conover and Porter, Architects.
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.