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About Green Bay, WI

Western explorers first settled the area around modern day Green Bay, Wisconsin in the 1630’s. As a result, Green Bay can lay claim to being one of the earliest continuous permanent settlements in all of North America. In the beginning, the city was a simple trading post that allowed settlers to establish a fur trade with the local Native American tribes. As Green Bay grew larger, the fur trade eventually gave way to the timber industry which was the city's main employer until the 1860’s when the first railroads came into town. After the railroads were established, the city became a center for paper manufacturing and meat packing, two industries that still dominate Green Bay to this day.

Today, Green Bay, WI is the third largest city in Wisconsin, the third largest port on Lake Michigan, and home to roughly 105,000 people. It is also home to one of the most famous professional sports franchises in all of American sports, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. In fact, the connection between the city and the Packers is so ingrained together in popular culture, most Americans outside of Green Bay would be hard pressed to name any other distinguishing aspects of the city.