Historical Marker
Vodak Memorial Park
Historical marker location:
105 North Maple Street, North Freedom, Wisconsin
( Marker is on West Walnut Street west of North Maple Street (County Highway I), on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1987
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.