Brass Ball Corners

Historical marker location:

Salem, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of 75th Street (State Highway 50) and 256th Avenue (State Highway 83), on the left when traveling west on 75th Street.)

Marker installed: 2005

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.