Hoffmann & Sons Co. Grocers

Historical marker location:

207 E. Buffalo St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of East Buffalo Street and North Water Street, on the right when traveling east on East Buffalo Street.)

Historic Third Ward.

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.