Esker

Historical marker location:

West Bend, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Decorah Road (County Route I) and Evergreen Drive, on the right when traveling east on Decorah Road.)

Marker installed: 1978

The first European to explore Wisconsin was Jean Nicolet, a French explorer who arrived in 1634. He was looking for a water route to Asia but instead encountered the Menominee Indians near Green Bay.