Tisch Mills

Historical marker location:

N104 Mill Lane, Tisch Mills, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Mill Lane and County Highway BB, on the right when traveling north on Mill Lane.)

Marker installed: 2002

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.