Historical Marker
Leitch House
Historical marker location:
752 East Gorham Street, Madison, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of East Gorham Street and North Livingston Street, on the right when traveling west on East Gorham Street.)
Marker installed: 1972
1857-58.
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.