Leaders in Science

Historical marker location:

550 North Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of North Park Street and Langdon Street, on the left when traveling north on North Park Street.)

Marker installed: 2001

Bascom Hill Historic District.

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.