Historical Marker
Machinery Row
Historical marker location:
601 Williamson Street, Madison, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of Williamson Street and South Blair Street (U.S. 151), on the right when traveling east on Williamson Street.)
Marker installed: 1980
1898-1914.
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.