Springhaven Pagoda

Historical marker location:

4300 Winnequah Road, Monona, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Winnequah Road and Parkway Drive, on the right when traveling south on Winnequah Road.)

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.