Reimer, Gerlach Residence

Historical marker location:

193 Green Bay Road, Thiensville, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Green Bay Road and Riverview Drive, on the right when traveling south on Green Bay Road.)

Marker installed: 2008

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.