Samuel N. Rogers, Sr.

Historical marker location:

5510 Grandview Road, Winchester, Wisconsin

( Marker is on Grandview Road, 0.4 miles west of U.S. 45, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1976

Soldier of the American Revolution.

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.