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

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.