Historical Marker
Port Washington Fire Engine House
Historical marker location:
102 East Pier St, Port Washington, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of East Pier Street and North Wisconsin Street, on the right when traveling west on East Pier Street.)
Marker installed: 2010
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.