Historical Marker
Stoughton
Historical marker location:
324 South Page Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of South Page Street and West Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling south on South Page Street.)
Marker installed: 1965
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.