Historical Marker
Curtis-Kittleson House
Historical marker location:
1102 Spaight Street, Madison, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of Spaight Street and South Ingersoll Street, on the left when traveling east on Spaight Street.)
Marker installed: 1978
1901.
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.