Charles Allis House

Historical marker location:

1801 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of North Prospect Avenue and East Royall Place, on the left when traveling north on North Prospect Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1972

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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.