Viroqua's First Settler

Historical marker location:

202 North Main Street, Viroqua, Wisconsin

( Marker can be reached from North Main Street (U.S. 14/61) north of West Decker Street (State Highway 56).)

Marker installed: 1998

Wisconsin was originally part of the Northwest Territory, which was created by the United States in 1787. It later became part of the Michigan Territory in 1805, and then part of the Wisconsin Territory in 1836.