World War I Memorial

Historical marker location:

421 S 25th St, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

( Marker is on Riverview Drive near South 25th Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1929

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.