Historical Marker
Steinle Turret Machine Co.
Historical marker location:
149 Waubesa Street, Madison, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of Waubesa Street and LaFollette Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Waubesa Street.)
Marker installed: 2012
1903; 1916-1918.
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.