See also:GREEN See also:BAY
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., at the S. extremity of See also:Green See also:Bay, at themouth of the See also:Fox See also:river, 114 M
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N. of See also:Milwaukee
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Pop
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(1890) 9069; (1900) 18,684, of whom 4022 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 33 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 25,236
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The city is served by the See also:Chicago & See also:North-Western, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:Paul, the Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western, and the Green Bay & Western See also:railways, by an inter-See also:urban electric railway connecting with other Fox River Valley cities, and by See also:lake and river steamboat lines
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Green Bay lies on high level ground on both sides of the river, which is here crossed by several See also:bridges
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The city has the See also:Kellogg Public Library, the Brown County See also:Court See also:House, two high See also:schools, a business See also:college, several See also:academies, two hospitals, an See also:orphan See also:asylum and the See also:State See also:Odd See also:Fellows' See also:Home
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It is the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral, the bishopric being the earliest established in the North-See also:west
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The so-called " Tank Cottage," now in See also:Washington See also:Park, is said to be the See also:oldest house in Wisconsin; it was built on the W. See also:bank of the river near its mouth by See also:Joseph See also:Roy, a See also:French-See also:Canadian voyageur, in 1766, was subsequently somewhat modified, and in 1908 was bought and removed to its See also:present site by the Green Bay See also:Historical Society
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Midway between Green Bay and De Pere (5 m
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S.W. of Green Bay) is the state reformatory, opened in 1899–1901
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Green Bay's See also:fine See also:harbour accommodates a considerable lake See also:commerce, and the city is the most important railway and wholesale distributing centre in N.E
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Wisconsin
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Its manufactures include See also:lumber and lumber products, See also:furniture, wagons, woodenware, See also:farm implements and machinery, See also:flour, See also:beer, canned goods, See also:brick and See also:tile and See also:dairy products; and it has lumber yards, See also:grain See also:elevators, See also:fish warehouses and railway repair shops
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The See also:total value of the factory product in 1905 was $4,873,027, an increase of 79.9% since 'goo
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The first recorded visit of a See also:European to the vicinity of what is now Green Bay is that of See also:Jean Nicolet, who was sent west by See also:Champlain in 1634, and found, probably at the Red See also:Banks, some 10 m. below the present city, a See also:village of See also:Winnebago See also:Indians, who he thought at first were See also:Chinese
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Between x654 and 1658 Radisson and Groseilliers and other coureurs See also:des bois were at Green Bay
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See also:Claude Jean Allouez, the Jesuit missionary, established a See also:mission on the W. See also:shore of the bay, about 20 M. from the present city
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Later he removed his mission to the Red Banks, and in the See also:winter of 1671–1672 established it permanently 5 M. above the present city, at Rapides des Peres, on the E. shore of the Fox river
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In 1673 See also:Joliet and See also:Marquette visited the spot
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In 1683–1685 Le Sueur and See also:Nicholas See also:Perrot traded with the Indians here
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In 1718-1720 Fort St See also:Francis was erected at the mouth of the river on the W. bank, and after being several times deserted was permanently re-established in 1732
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About 1745 Augustin de Langlade established a trading See also:post at La Baye and later brought his See also:family there from Mackinac
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This was the first permanent See also:settlement at Green Bay and in Wisconsin
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The See also:British See also:garrison which occupied the fort from 1761 to 1763, during which See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the fort received the name of Fort See also:Edward See also:Augustus, was removed at the time of See also:Pontiac's rising, and the fort was never re-garrisoned by the See also:English, except for a See also:short time during the See also:War of 1812
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The inhabitants of La Baye were, however, acknowledged subjects of See also:Great See also:Britain, the See also:jurisdiction of the See also:United States being practically a dead See also:letter until the See also:American fort (Fort See also:Howard) was garrisoned in 1816
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As See also:early as 18ro See also:fur traders, employed by See also:John See also:Jacob See also:Astor, were stationed here; about 1820 Astor erected a warehouse and other buildings; and for many years Green Bay consisted of two distinct settlements, Astor and See also:Navarino, which were finally united in 1839 as Green Bay
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The city was chartered in 1854
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In 1893 Fort Howard was consolidated with it
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The Green Bay Intelligencer, the first newspaper in Wisconsin, began publication here in 1833
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See See also:Neville and See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, Historic Green Bay (Green Bay, 1893); and Martin and See also:Beaumont, Old Green Bay (Green Bay, 1900)
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