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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 Green Bay, at themouth of the See also:Fox See also:river, 114 M. N. of See also:Milwaukee. Pop. (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. 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. Green Bay lies on high level ground on both sides of the river, which is here crossed by several See also:bridges. 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. 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. 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. Midway between Green Bay and De Pere (5 m. S.W. of Green Bay) is the state reformatory, opened in 1899–1901. 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. Wisconsin. 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. The See also:total value of the factory product in 1905 was $4,873,027, an increase of 79.9% since 'goo. 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. Between x654 and 1658 Radisson and Groseilliers and other coureurs See also:des bois were at Green Bay. 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. 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. In 1673 See also:Joliet and See also:Marquette visited the spot. In 1683–1685 Le Sueur and See also:Nicholas See also:Perrot traded with the Indians here. 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. About 1745 Augustin de Langlade established a trading See also:post at La Baye and later brought his See also:family there from Mackinac. This was the first permanent See also:settlement at Green Bay and in Wisconsin. 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. 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. 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. The city was chartered in 1854. In 1893 Fort Howard was consolidated with it. The Green Bay Intelligencer, the first newspaper in Wisconsin, began publication here in 1833.
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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