claim: wisconsin is called the badger state because "our ancestors came here with the hopes of living the american dream by mining."
author: scott walker
evidence_1: mar 8, 2012 ... lounsbury emailed the wisconsin state journal, the state's official ... according to  walker, "we're called the badgers not because the animals are abundant here,  but because we got nicknamed the badgers because... our ancestors came here  with the hopes of living the american dream by mining." after a ...
evidence_2: wisconsin is called the badger state because "our ancestors came here with the  hopes of living the american dream by mining." — politifact wisconsin on ...
evidence_3: but we are living in an age of scientific investigation; scientific methods are being  ... but, before the first whites came, many of the american tribes were not such ....  the indian history of wisconsin is the more interesting, because here these two  ..... our savages were called indians, for the discoverers of america thought they ...
evidence_4: milwaukee is the largest city in the state of wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in  the midwestern ... in the second half of the 18th century, the native americans  living near ... early explorers called the milwaukee river and surrounding lands  various ... here. most german immigrants came to wisconsin in search of  inexpensive ...
evidence_5: jun 12, 2018 ... wisconsin is known as the badger state after the habits of early ... we hope you  find the 2018 circle wisconsin tour planner useful for .... the tapestry stays  vibrant because of an ..... as you head south back down i-43 take your group to a  live .... 19th century when waves of immigrants came to america's ...