Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wisconsin Downtown Green Bay, Resch Center, Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge, Brown County Courthouse, Lambeau Field Downtown Green Bay, Resch Center, Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge, Brown County Courthouse, Lambeau Field Official seal of Green Bay, Wisconsin Nickname(s): "Titletown", "Bayland", "Bay City", "Packerland", and "Packer City" Location in Brown County and the state of Wisconsin.
Location in Brown County and the state of Wisconsin.
Green Bay, Wisconsin is positioned in the US Green Bay, Wisconsin - Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Brown County in the U.S.
State of Wisconsin, at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River.
The populace was 104,057 at the 2010 census. Green Bay is the third-largest town/city in the state of Wisconsin, after Milwaukee and Madison, and the third-largest town/city on Lake Michigan's west shore, after Chicago and Milwaukee.
Green Bay is home to the National Football League team Green Bay Packers.
Green Bay is the principal town/city of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area, which covers Brown, Kewaunee, and Oconto counties; the MSA had a combined populace of 306,241 at the 2010 census. Green Bay is an industrialized city with a several meatpacking plants, paper mills, and a port on Green Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan known locally as "the Bay of Green Bay".
Green Bay hosts the Neville Public Museum, with exhibitions of art, history, and science; the Children's Museum; and the University of Wisconsin Green Bay.
13.1.2 Green Bay Plaza He is believed to have landed at Red Banks, near the site of the modern-day town/city of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Nicolet established a small trading post here in 1634, originally titled La Baye or La Baie des Puants (French for "the stinking Bay"). From this, Green Bay claims to be one of the earliest European permanent settlements in America, but a 1671 Jesuit mission was the first true European outpost in the area.
When Nicolet appeared in the Green Bay area, he encountered the Menominee, as this was their territory.
His death halted other journeys to La Baie Verte (French for "The Green Bay").
The first permanent French pioneer were Charles de Langlade and his family from Canada, who moved to Green Bay in 1765, becoming the first European-American pioneer in today's Wisconsin.
Green Bay and Lake Winnebago on the 1835 Tourist's Pocket Map of Michigan among the "Mennomonie" villages of Wisconsin Territory Green Bay and Lake Winnebago on the 1835 Tourist's Pocket Map of Michigan among the "Mennomonie" villages of Wisconsin Territory The British gradually took over Wisconsin amid the French and Indian War, taking control of Green Bay in 1761 and gaining control of all of Wisconsin in 1763.
One eminent event in the fur trading trade in Wisconsin occurred in 1791, when two no-charge African Americans set up a fur trading post among the Menominee at present day Marinette.
Charles Michel de Langlade is generally recognized as the first settler, establishing a trading post at Green Bay in 1745, and moving there permanently in 1764. Settlement began at Prairie du Chien around 1781.
The French inhabitants at the trading post in what is now Green Bay, alluded to the town as "La Bey", however British fur traders alluded to it as "Green Bay", because the water and the shore assumed green tints in early spring.
The old French title was gradually dropped, and the British name of "Green Bay" stuck.
The region coming under British rule had virtually no adverse effect on the French inhabitants as the British needed the cooperation of the French fur traders and the French fur traders needed the goodwill of the British.
The fur trade in what is now Wisconsin reached its height under British rule, and the first self-sustaining farms in the state were established as well.
From 1763 to 1780, Green Bay was a prosperous improve which produced its own foodstuff, assembled graceful cottages and held dances and festivities. The Green Bay region was still under British control until the 1783 treaty formally ended the American Revolutionary War.
Following the War of 1812, which in part was over disputes related to the border with Canada, the United States assembled Fort Howard on the Fox River in 1816 to protect its northern border. Doty, Whitney, Arndt, Baird and Martin were among the many British-American pioneer whose numbers pushed French culture into the background. As British pioneer in the region came to outnumber the French, they alluded to the town as "Green Bay" (from the French: Baie Verte).
This led to the advance of Green Bay as a trading center.
As more and more New England pioneer arrived, Green Bay advanced into a trading center for this population. Wisconsin's first newspaper, The Green Bay Intelligencer, was started in 1833 by Albert Ellis and John V.
The borough of Green Bay, created in 1838, is the center of the present-day city.
The borough combined the town of Astoria (a business town of the American Fur Company), with Navarino, platted by Daniel Whitney. Before Wisconsin became a state in 1848, its commerce was based on the fur trade, which became dominated by John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company.
1867 bird's eye illustration of Green Bay The town was incorporated as the town/city of Green Bay in 1854.
The Green Bay Area Public School District was established in 1856. Throughout the 1850s, word spread of America's inexpensive land and good soil, bringing in an influx of Belgian citizens , German, Scandinavian, Irish and Dutch immigrants, each adding to the culture.
This led to the paper trade becoming the primary employer in Green Bay, and opened up the port for global trade. Roosevelt came to Green Bay to honor its tercentenary. By 1950, the town/city had a populace of 52,735.
In 1964, the Town of Preble was merged with the town/city of Green Bay. Green Bay is in the northeastern part of Wisconsin at the mouth of the Fox River.
Route 41 in Green Bay, about 90 miles (140 km) north of Milwaukee.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 55.96 square miles (144.94 km2), of which, 45.47 square miles (117.77 km2) is territory and 10.49 square miles (27.17 km2) is water. Green Bay has a humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification Dfb), with some moderation due to the city's adjacency to Lake Michigan.
Green Bay experiences warm, humid, incessantly hot summers and long, cold and snowy winters.
Tornadoes are rare in the Green Bay area, with the strongest being an F3 tornado that hit the improve of Pittsfield on June 26, 1969. The wettest month in Green Bay is August, when 3.77 inches (95.8 mm) of rain falls, mostly in the form of rainfall from thunderstorms.
The driest month in Green Bay is February, when the majority of rain falls as low moisture-content snow due to cold, dry air.
Climate data for Green Bay, Wisconsin (Austin Straubel Int'l), 1981 2010 normals, extremes 1886 present Green Bay is governed by a mayor and a town/city council.
See also: List of mayors of Green Bay, Wisconsin Thomas, first mayor of Green Bay Chicago and North Western Railway Passenger Depot (Green Bay) Weidner Center, part of UW Green Bay Green Bay is represented by Mike Gallagher (R) in the United States House of Representatives, and by Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D) in the United States Senate.
Frank Lasee (R), Robert Cowles (R), and Dave Hansen (D) represent Green Bay in the Wisconsin State Senate, and David Steffen (R), John Macco (R), and Eric Genrich (D) represent Green Bay in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
The Green Bay Police Department was established in on August 27, 1857, when the Green Bay Police Corps was established, and Henry Baird was titled Chief of Police.
The Green Bay Police Department provides many specialized services such as a Dive Team, Harbor Patrol, Motorcycle Patrol, and a S.W.A.T.
Since the establishment of the Green Bay Police Department, one officer has died in the line of duty. From 1896 to 1993 the town/city was the command posts of the Green Bay and Western Railroad.
The Chicago and North Western Railway also served Green Bay and its depot still stands.
Green Bay was last served with a regular traveler train, the CNW's Peninsula 400, in 1971.
The CNW sold its trackage from Green Bay south to Sheboygan in 1987 to the Fox River Valley Railroad, which became part of the WC in 1993.
Green Bay also saw traveler service from the Milwaukee Road's Chippewa-Hiawatha, which ran from Chicago into the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Green Bay is also served by the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad.
Green Bay is served by Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport.
Delta Airlines, American Airlines, and United Airlines all offer flights out of Green Bay. I-43.svg I-43 Northbound terminates at the northwestern side of Green Bay.
I-41.svg I-41 Northbound terminates at the northwestern side of Green Bay.
US 141.svg US 141 begins east of Green Bay in Bellevue, and continues north towards Crivitz.
WIS 57.svg WIS 57 travels north towards Sturgeon Bay, and south towards Milwaukee.
Green Bay Metro provides mass transit bus service throughout Green Bay and the encircling suburbs.
Greyhound Lines, Jefferson Lines, Indian Trails, and Lamers Bus Lines furnish intercity transit from the central Green Bay Metro station which is downtown.
Green Bay is served by the Port of Green Bay.
Green Bay is served by Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, which operates the J.
Water service is provided to the town/city by the Green Bay Water Utility. Sewer service is provided by the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, also known as NEW Water. Green Bay is the command posts of Bellin Health and Prevea Health, county-wide community care providers. Green Bay is home to four hospitals: Aurora Baycare Medical Center, Bellin Hospital, St.
Green Bay is also home to the Milo C.
Main article: Green Bay Area Public School District Green Bay is served by the Green Bay Area Public School District.
It operates 25 elementary schools, two K-8 schools, four middle schools, four high schools, and one alternative school in the town/city and encircling area.
Private schools in Green Bay include Notre Dame de la Baie Academy, Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran High School, and Bay City Baptist School.
Green Bay region colleges and universities: Concordia University Wisconsin, Green Bay Center Lakeland College, Green Bay Center Medical College of Wisconsin Green Bay ground University of Wisconsin-Green Bay The Brown County Library (BCL) Central Branch is downtown in downtown Green Bay and has served as the county enhance library since 1968.
In 2000, the American Religion Data Archive announced Green Bay to be dominantly Catholic (71.5%), with Lutherans composing an extra 16.4%.
The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod has four churches in Green Bay: St.
The town/city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.
The Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay is the mother church of the Diocese.
The Saint Joseph Oratory is in Green Bay.
The Islamic Society of Wisconsin, Green Bay serves the Islamic community.
The Green Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is in the city.
Green Bay Packers Football 1919 National Football League Lambeau Field Green Bay Blizzard Indoor Football 2003 Indoor Football League Resch Center Green Bay Phoenix (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay) 15 Varsity squads 1965 Horizon League Resch Center, Kress Events Center, Aldo Santaga Stadium Norbert Green Knights Green Bay Bullfrogs Summer College baseball 2007 Northwoods League Joannes Stadium Green Bay Gamblers Junior Ice hockey 1994 United States Hockey League Resch Center Other primary sporting affairs in Green Bay include the Bellin Run and the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon.
Downtown Green Bay City - Deck along the Fox River Daddy D Productions perform at Riverside Ballroom and Let Me Be Frank Productions perform at the Meyer Theatre. The Green Bay Civic Symphony performs at the Meyer Theatre, its home venue.
The former Green Bay Symphony Orchestra disbanded after their 2014 2015 season, after performing for over 100 years, citing financial difficulties. Performance venues in Green Bay include: Lambeau Field, Resch Center, Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena, Shopko Hall, Weidner Center, and the Meyer Theatre.
See also: List of airways broadcasts in Green Bay Television stations in Green Bay are WBAY (2), (ABC); WFRV (5), (CBS); WLUK (11), (FOX); WCWF (14), (CW); WGBA (26), (NBC); WACY (32), (MNT); and WPNE (38), a PBS affiliate.
Green Bay is served by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Another small-town newspaper, the Green Bay News-Chronicle, ceased printed announcement in 2005.
The no-charge enhance Wi-Fi fitness in the downtown Green Bay Broadway District went into operation in 2007. Green Bay is known as the "Toilet Paper Capital of the World" because of the prevalence of the paper trade in the city. Northern Paper Company, Fort Howard Paper Company, and Hoberg Paper Company were among Green Bay's first paper companies.
Northern Paper Company offered the first splinter-free toilet paper in the early 1930s. The existence of the paper trade helped Green Bay avoid the worst effects of the Great Depression. Today, primary paper producers include Georgia-Pacific, Procter & Gamble, and Steen-Macek Paper Company. Among the earliest packing companies in Green Bay were Acme Packing Company and Indian Packing Company, the namesake of the Green Bay Packers. Today, primary meatpackers in the town/city include JBS S.A.
Other primary employers include Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay Area Public School District, Shopko, JBS USA, Expert Global Solutions, Walmart, Green Bay Packaging, Procter & Gamble, Schreiber Foods, the Green Bay Packers, Nature's Way, HJ Martin and Son, and Nicolet National Bank. Bay Beach Amusement Park Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary Green Bay Botanical Garden Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers Resch Center, home of the Green Bay Blizzard and Green Bay Gamblers Green Bay has one enclosed shopping mall.
Built in 1982 and remodeled three times, East Town Mall is an enclosed shopping center on Green Bay's east side.
A New Jersey developer's plans to purchase the mall was allowed by the Green Bay City Council. Green Bay Plaza Built in 1960, Green Bay Plaza is a large strip mall on Green Bay's west side.
Abrams Wisconsin State Senator, Mayor of Green Bay Mark Green U.S.
Kelly Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senator John Macco Wisconsin State Assemblyman John Joseph Ryba Wisconsin State Assemblyman Dan Buenning guard for NFL Chicago Bears, visited Bay Port High School Art Bultman NFL player for Brooklyn Dodgers and the Green Bay Packers George Whitney Calhoun co-founder of Green Bay Packers Jay De - Merit soccer player, English Premier League and Major League Soccer, 2010 World Cup team, visited Bay Port High School Jim Flanigan NFL player for Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, and Philadelphia Eagles Arnie Herber NFL player for Green Bay Packers and New York Giants, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame Curly Lambeau founder, player, and first coach of Green Bay Packers Charlie Mathys NFL player for Hammond Pros and Green Bay Packers Dominic Olejniczak Mayor of Green Bay, President and Chairman of Green Bay Packers Ken Radick NFL player for Green Bay Packers and Brooklyn Dodgers Dick Zoll NFL player for Cleveland Rams and Green Bay Packers Leo Ornstein composer, pianist, rather than his life in Green Bay Tony Shalhoub actor, star of films, stage and TV series Monk and Wings, visited Green Bay East High School Downtown Green Bay YMCA South Washington Street on the near east side of Green Bay The east side of Green Bay Bay of Green Bay Thome Fountain, in Green Bay Botanical Garden Hampton Inn Downtown Green Bay 1973 7 Green Bay State Office Building 1983 6 Green Bay featured in the 1992 TV Show "Picket Fences", as being the point of origin of 400 school kids to be bussed to Rome, Wisconsin.
Official records for Green Bay were kept at downtown from September 1886 to 15 August 1949, and at Austin Straubel Int'l since 16 August 1949.
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