Paoli

Historical marker location:

1392 County Road PD, Paoli, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of County Road PB and Paoli Road, on the left when traveling south on County Road PB.)

Marker installed: 1990

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.