Historical Marker
Penokee Iron Range Trail - Plummer Mine Geologic Layer Cake
Historical marker location:
Pence, Wisconsin
( Marker can be reached from Plummer Road, ΒΌ mile south of Wisconsin Highway 77.)
Iron County Heritage Area.
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.