The Livery

Historical marker location:

N132 W17303 Rockfield Rd, Rockfield, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Rockfield Road and Division Road (County Route G), on the right when traveling east on Rockfield Road.)

Marker installed: 2003

Rockfield, Wisconsin.

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.