Dittmar-Robertson Building

Historical marker location:

1417 Underwood Ave, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Underwood Avenue and West State Street, on the right when traveling south on Underwood Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1977

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.