Historical Marker
St. Josaphat Basilica
Historical marker location:
601 West Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of West Lincoln Avenue and South 6th Street on West Lincoln Avenue.)
Marker installed: 1969
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.