Courthouse Square

Historical marker location:

101 W Main St, Waukesha, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and West Main Street and North East Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1999

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.