Historical Marker
Bashford House
Historical marker location:
423 North Pinckney Street, Madison, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of North Pinckney Street and East Gilman Street, on the right when traveling north on North Pinckney Street.)
Marker installed: 1972
1856-7.
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.