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f WELCOME '10 GREEM Bl\1 Everything to Build or Remodel Builders Hardware Millwork Plywood Nails S U PElt S ERVJ C E F. H. A. and G. I. FINANCING Green Bay's Supe'l. Lumber Yard ,,,.,....,... ......... KOS LUMBER CO. 1276 MAIN STREET GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN Phone HEmloek 5-8887 In every commerct0I ond 1ndusrriol community th•re is on organliation of b11smess ond p<ofe,.ionol mon whose foremost ombHion ls 10 promote 1he natural odvontoges of rhe ci1y to their highest $tago of development and to odvonce 1he civic ideals of the city. Their mission ond oim ls ro fosrer legitimate business enterprise and to "xtend the sphere of commerciol and social Influence They ore imbued with the spirit of progress, and tholr foremost thought is fat the pre»· P"•ity of rhe civic community. Such on 0<gonito1ton is the Gteen Boy Associahan al Commerce, whose many depor1- men1-s such os :he Monvfocturers Division. Retoil 01vis1on. Credit Divis;on. Wholesale 01Vosion, Traffic Drvisian, 811i lders Exchange, etc. - each one of th<lse divisions ore guided by i major c.ommittees and subcommittees which uso rh.o com· blned talents of hundted• of Green Boy's most progre5'1ve b11slnessmen. These committee~ and subcommi11ecs spend ~ many hours every year In thel.r eH0<t to make Green Boy a better place to live and work, in foci through rhese combined efforts, olong with other interested orgonltotions of rhis community, Green Bay nos become noted as one of rhe finest eot1imun111cn ro live and w0<lc. in the entire country - and to this and the clh.,. d<!portmenls of this at· gon1tohon is due the presonl octvonced position of Green ! 8oy both eotnmerclolly and ondu•triolly. Respectfully your$, § ~ GREEN BAY AS50CIATION OF COMMERCE t.,q.q.F.....,.q,q.~.-, ..,,,_.~,J_,>- ~-~ .t ........... ....... .. 1 We send rhos copy of "Howdy Neighbor," you rhrough rhe cooperation and courtesy 10 of several fine business friends in your com- munily. This hllle book obhgores you in no way rhese excellenr business people; 10 rorher, it Is merely o gesture of welcome and of best wishes. The odverlisers ore sure rhor you will find mony uses for this guide to your city and ore looking forward to meeting you personally when you visit them and redeem the "get acquainted" gift coupons enclosed. JAYNAID 'UIUSHING CO. 241 N. 8roodwoy GrMn lay, Wiwon_ajn The Hrst recorded history of Gr(-en Bay began in 1634, when a bearded French explorer stepped ashore from a birch-bark canoe at the Winnebago Indian's fortified village at Red Banks un the east side of Green Bay about 12 miles north of the city. However, French voyageurs and c:oureurs de boas, roaming independently through the woods and streams of the N orthwbl, trading wath the lndfon•. dis covering new waterways without bothering to reeord them, probably knew of Lhe •lie of Groen Bay before 1634. The French explorer. Jean Ni<-olet, was a repre•entnlivo of the French Government in •earch of a weslwn1·d water route to tho Orient. Although he failed in his assigned ml<Slon, his report to lhe Governor of Quebec stimulated the lnlca·est or the traders and missionaries lo whom the early development and explorations of tlie vicinity mu~t be attributed. Green Bay was uraginnlly known as La Baye. Huwev~r. after Nicolet claimed the region an the name of the King of Fruncc, thus making it a recogniicd l)Olrt of New Fran<:i! it "'as known ns Saye La Verlc (French for Green Bay). \Yhen the English •1>eaklng people predominate<!, they nam~d it Or.,cn B~y. After Nicclct's exploration, very little attention was given to Ln Boye for a period of approximately 30 years. Thi.' first trader 10 make o permanent home at the rnuuth of the Fox Hivvr wa• Nicolas Pt•r1·ot, who lir•l came hcr1: In lli65. How ever. it wusn'( until nflor IGG!l when Father Claude Allouez, Jesuit missionary, founded a miSl!lon here that La Saye and the Fox Rh·er became Important In 1673 Marquette and Joliet P<'nctr.ted the entire length of the Fox River, the portage, and founded the wa>· to er~ the l\lissisi<ippi Thus a cent muous natural waterway was charted between the SL Lawrence nnd the Culf of Mexico. nnd La Bayu, localed al the end of the Machalimackinac ·Great Lake• wnterway and at lhe entranei! of the Fox· Wl><-onsin, becum~ the neturnl trad ing cent"'' and rendl'7.VOU• for everyone lnt~rcstcd In the abundant Iurs of the Wl.qconsin rogiun. Futhcr Claude Allo1Jc:Z Wll• the HrHt and 1>rob•bly the ino.i lomous of the mis..Uonurlca tu ostabllah a mlllllion her•. lie n11m.-d lt St. Fronds Xavier, Built In 1671, two ytO'r• alter hl1 urrlvAl, it w•• Aurvlved until 16tt7. when II deatruyed by fire It. txl1toncc ls con1rn<m1orate<I by a tablol on th• orl11lnal wlu1 neur the •Q.ttem end or the pr~n1 ~ Pere brldl•· Indian villag. ., were settk'<l in nnd around La Bnye, m1ss10n· aries, and French soldiers had 1empor11ry shacks along the river and traders built log cabins alonR both banks of the river. The entire region became so signi!1cun1 m the French occupation of the Norlh \\'eSI tha1 Nicolas Perro1, who wa~ the firi;t trader to mnkc a perma· ncn1 home at the mouth of the Fox River. wa~ appointed ooanmandant of the region in 1684. Perrot was one nf the most brilliant men in Northwest history. A crude b-ontier fort and trading post w45 built that ""me year which served as ht• headquarte,.,._ HL< greM knowledge of Indian ways and languages won the tnl•I and confidence of the Ind1an:1. He made alliance• and trade trt'alJC>, sellk•d inter-tribal disputes. :ind listened to the grievances of Indians and traders. 11 was until 1700 that. La Saye and th~ entire Fox - \\'14CiCOt\sin \o\';,ter-way "'aS the mosl productive £ur trad~ rei:ton in all ur Ne~' Fr.atlCe. However, alter the tum of the century F~nch fur trade had dimini>he<I. Perrot wa:. ~ailed IC> Cnnodn, mo.I of th., trade li censes wer" re,·okcd nod by 1703 the Fox Indian wars had begun. By 1716 Pcrrot's d1plumalic pulacy was abandoned for a military policy and Sieur de Louvigny led on cxpedlhon of 500 against the warring Fo><. To cQnlrol the wnlcrwoy and keep il open to trade Fo1·t La Saye was built on west bank nf the river. A second th~ Indian war rlared up ond n ""<!ond rnililary l'xpcdatlor> wo• sent to La Saye in 172R. When lhc French relr~ated thl'y destroyed the fort. However, it was re-<istahllshcd in l 733 when the Fr~nch officer, Coulon de Vilhers, was killed by l• Snuk chief. By 1740 the Fox had been intimidated ond the fur trad~ flourished again, The pre,ence or lh~ fot•t g~VI' 11 new •tability !Ind permanence to the trading oclllemcnt. The tr~dcrR bci:an lO build permanent c.iabli•hmcnt~ und ho111\'s ond lo cullivnt\' the land for winter supplies. The fir~t •cttlcr <>f any lmt>Ortance was Augustin de Langlade who came frnm M•ckinnc nrad built a tradiog post on the u;, east bank of the Fox River ab<>ut 1745. knowledge or the Indian languages, his honesty, gentility nnd goncrosity won for him the SOOJ\ complete support of the lndonns und ht! gaan<'d almo.<t complete monopoly of their u·adc. The Langladcs. Grignons, nnd Podicrs, all rolntcd to one an other, controlled the and commen-e or La Saye and t.hc Fox tr~do River during the French and Brlll~h regimes. They owned huge tracts or land, marned into lite Ml'nOminee tribe, and had a con· sistent policy or friendlinc.<s toward the lndlani-. Thoy managed to prnduce a self-.:ontaincd c<>mmunaty nil but formally independent of the pollt!cal and economic ~'Onlrol or a di~tant French Kin11. Trade and oommerct> continued In comparative peace and pros perity until the French and Indian \Var of 17SS-1760. At the end of this war the British bad gained control of Ute Northwest Territory, and in 1761 the old Fort La Ba)'e wa• occupied l>y Brilioh >0ld1•,. under the command of Lic11tenant James Correll He rebuilt the fa$ 4 310 W. WALNUT .111ember of tl<e Pederal Deposit Insurance Corporation and namoxl il F<>rl Edward Augustus. The French c1ti1en• conlinued calling the »l!' Lu Saye but the BrilW. traderx callO!d ll Gn>en Bay bttau:.c the water nnd $hore asrum"'1 i:rcen hnl> very C!arly in th<' spring. !Wtwccn I iG.1 nnd 17ft0 Green Bay wa• a rich community. carrying on a lucrative busini;,,-s trade, friendly w11h the Indians, •l' producing own loodstuU, building iracelul cottnges, nnd having dance, and fesL>v1lies. In 1775 Jnscph Roy sellled in Green Bay. The house he built was luter U<'<lu1red by Jacques Porlier who sold It to Olin Tank. It is preserved as u historical shrine at iL._ pres~11t l<1cnlior1 iJ·i ~ "'est side park, and 11 Is known al Tank Collal(c. The United Stntes, in lhe ordinance or 1787, J)l'Ovided for the or annl'XHlion the Norlhwesl Territory, which lnclucll.'d WiM:Oltsln. The l'eat ol lhc United Stoles Government was ll long way from the Northw<:>st Tcrrllory, however. the En~IU.h conllnued to donunate the area. They remained in pos.~1nn of Fort Edward Auguslus unul after the War of 1812. In this war the citl•cn• of Green Bay took C6Jtl1ni~<1nns in the Brtt15h force..~ and were arcutl.)' impovcrlShcd by the d<'mRnds for food and supplies. At the end of the war John Jacob A.<uir's Amerle<1n Fur C<.tm pany gained ronlrol of the major portion of the lradc. Grignon. Law~. and Porlillr were su~h influential tilliens lhal m 181S Astor found 11 good business policy to fonn a trade 3$:>0<:inllon with them and make them n~ent$ for the American Fur Compuny. In 1816 military fo1·1~ were built at the lwo ends of the Fox - Wi.sc:unsin waterway, Fort Howard at. Green Bay, nnd Fort Crawford al Prnlrlc clu Chien. Fur lrodl\ continued to flourish ,1l Crcvn Bay fur nnnthcr 20 yenrs. Ourint: this tlinc people from New Enjllund 1:>111:nn ,ettllnt: In the Wc;t und they used the easy water tran,porlnlion ol lhc canal, the Gr,;at W.kcs, the Bay, and lh<> Fox - \l/i<rntl.•ln waterway. Green Ba~· n~a1n bcciune on important port. It developed a•• tradinf( center for the peuplc that were setWng in the Fox River and Bay region. General .storcs were established, boteb and mn< for the new urh•als were bWh, dotnC.<tk animals were bought and sold, pa<.'<!nger boats arrived daily, a permanent, reliable mail rout<! was •»labh,,hcd. the G.-ttn Bay lntrllJJ:encer. the first n<>wspapcr in \V1»<.'0n£in. began its weekly publlcatann in December or 1833, b}' adveriising the lands of the Gl'(!en B;iy region. and a land office wa.< opened In 111~4. KABAT'S SHOES FOR COMFORT 123 NORTH BROADWAY ho• mode lhis book ovoiloblo 10 you. If you hove enjoyed it, won'1 yov pl~o•e ioll them •o? 6 CNESS'ES ISRAlL SYNAGOGUE Oaniel Whitney platted the town of Nnvarin() in 11129. He erected the largest hotel ()f ils day, calling it the Vlashingl.on House. This town of Navarino \Vas the f1rst seetio1l of present Green Bay. In 1835 Astor and his associates, seeing money in real estate, platted a town to the soulh and called it the town of Astor. Astor also built a hole). the Astor Hotel, and advertised ii as the largest hotel 1vest of New York. The towns of Navarino and Astor continued to grow and in 1842 tbey were combined into the town of Green Bay. During the 1850't::, Geri11ans, Belgians, Hollar,ders. arl.d Scatl. ... dinavian farmer. setlled in lhe region around Green Bay. The city soon becun1e a far111 market ce11ter. In thj~ period Creen Bay \VHS developing as a wholesale and retail food center and pine lumber was in great demand. Lumbering was fast taking the place of fur trading '"·hich was ul1nost entirely over. The city of Green Bay was incorporated in 1854 and continued to grow. Sawed lumber was the main manufactured product. Whole sale and retail trade was next in importance. By 1880 the 1>0pulation had jumped from 4,666 to 7,464 and by the turn of the century the population had reached 18,684. Employment agents at New York met incoming Germans, Belgians, and Scandinavians and offered them two weeks room and board, and free transportation lo the n>Hls and factories of Wisconsin and many of thc.m settled in Green Bay. Green Ba;· ha!-i <.·011tinued tu grow both irl population at1d nla11u .. facturing. There are now manufacturing establishments producing paper and paper products. i1·on and steel, foods, and building materials. Some of the historical data about early Green Bay is as follows: Beaumont Hotel - Site of Soc Indian Massacre The Beaumont Hotel is located on the oldest hotel site in \\'is c:onsin, the first hotel having been erected in 1833. Zachary Taylor, 7 Jefferson Davis, and Dr. \Villiam Beaumont were amnng the great who resided or entertained here. The Beaumont Rouse was built in 1862 on this site, which belonged to Dr. William Beaumont, by his son, Israel G. Beaumont. who operated th!' hotel for many years. or Thi$ was Ilic •lie a Sac Indian Village. After thc.<e Indians cap turro and k1ll\'d Coulon de Villiers. the eom111andant of th. .. French Fort St. Francis, ju.~t across the Fox River, on September 16, 1733 the fort garrl<0n ma~crod the Sacs and wiped out their v.Uage. "Wisconsin Under Three Flags" Cro!<Sing the Fox River from the Beaumont hotel. one >eeti a bron~c mark<'r not far from the west bank and dose to the s~rect. or Some 400 foct north the marker is the site of Wisconsin'• earliest fort. Here the French established Fort St. Fr:mci_, in 1684, rl'built in 1711\ und cvncuntcd In L760. It was followed on the sumc site in 1761 by tho British Fort Edward Augustu,., held by the Br1li.h only until l 7G3, and by ll1e American Fort Howard 1n 11116. Pcrhups some day ~·ort llownrd m11y rlsc again "-' a nnltonal monument, its >ix existing orlshud buildings reassembled and 1he Cori rl'COnstructed to oligmhl pl&n. lh~ Fort Howord Hospita I ond Surgeons Quarters Thl'-'<' structures, once a part of old Fort Howard, h:ive been or movl'd to lhe corncr Kellogi: and Norlh Chcbu111t Streets. Or. \Villlam Bcaumunt unce lived here and pursued lhe •tud1~ which immortalized him rn the history of medical science Other buildings which were once inside the fort are The old •urgN>n'• quarters- 412-414 N. Maple. The Jailer's home once within the stockade - 410 Bond Wnrd Room of llospital - 404 N. Cheslnut The Roi-Porlicr·T ank Cottage, Tank Pork The wnUl<>d col.lal(c, built by Joseph Roi, " French voyageur, in 1776, is the olde•t dwelling in 'Wisconsin. It slood ul'iginnlly on Lhe west bank e>f 1he Fox River. In 18-05 il wn~ purchnS-Ocl by Judge Jncqu<'R Porlier. Porlier in 1822 was appoln1cd Chl<'f Justice and Judge of Probnte for Brown County which tht'n Included most 0£ what is now 1hc Stl!lc of Wisconsin. In 1850 LhC! co11agc wa• purchased by Otto T:mk, " wealthy Morav'•n missionat;•, and hlF wife, and they lived there untll their death. . ..n interesting hi;torlc collection is now houl'ed 111 Ilic cottage. Cotton House, upper De Pere rood The Culton how;e dates from a year bc1wccn 18.'l.5 and 1839. The house was erected by Captain John \\'mslow Cotton, U.S.A. for or his bride, lhe doughier the distini:uished Judl(e John Penn A1rndt,· or (as many m>ist) was erected by Judge Arndl as n wL'<lding gifl to his dnui:h1er, The borne is one of the m<>!<t nuthentlc examples <If classic Jeffersonian architecture to be found in Wisconsin. The house was moved to ii~ present site by the Green Bay torical Society. Unchanged in room plan and exterior desillO, It rorurni.hcd with furniture and other articles of the perl b~en 8

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