INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES. 269 
INDUSTRY OF BROWN COUNTY. 
BY HENRY S. BAIRD, OF GREEN BAY. 
Brown County is one of the two oldest counties in the State. 
It was organized on the same day with its its twin sister, 
Crawford County, under an act of the Legislative Council of 
the Territory of Michigan, passed on the 16th of October, 
1818. At the time of their organization, and until the year 
1829, these two counties embraced the whole of the territory 
now forming the State of Wisconsin. Brown County included 
all that portion lying east of a line drawn due north from the 
northern boundary of Illinois, through the middle of the Por¬ 
tage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, and consequently 
embraced the present counties of Renosha, Racine, Walworth, 
Rock, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Ozaukee, Washington, 
Dodge, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Calumet, Win¬ 
nebago, Kewaunee, Outagamie, Waupaca, Door, Oconto, 
Shawanaw, and parts of Green, Dane, Columbia, Marquette, 
Waushara and Portage. 
The limits of Brown County have been decreased so that it 
now contains about sixteen Townships, or 576 square miles. 
The principal towns in the county are the City of Green Bay, 
and Borough of Depere, both of which were laid out and 
platted as Towns between the years 1830 and 1835. The 
former is located upon the east side of the Fox river, opposite 
the site of old Fort Howard, and about 1J miles above its 
discharge into Green Bay. It possesses the best natural 
harbor north or west of Detroit; and the Fox river, which is 
about i of a mile in width at this point, has sufficient depth of 
water for seven miles up from its outlet into the Bay, to De¬ 
pere, to float the largest class of steamers and sail vessels 
navigating the Great Lakes. East river, which enters the Fox 
river on the east shore, directly opposite Fort Howard, and in 
the northern part of the town of Green Bay, is also a consid¬ 
erable stream, and navigable for large vessels for a mile above 
its mouth. The town is handsomely located, possesses a fine 
soil and a healthy and agreeable climate. 
