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Titanic Connection: Dr. William Minahan, his wife and his sister, Daisy, a school teacher in Green Bay, were aboard the fateful journey on the maiden voyage. Mrs. Lilian Minahan and Daisy survived, William did not. He is intered at Woodlawn Cemetery in a private moseleum seen on the hill from Riverside drive in Allouez marked "Minahan." | April 1912 | http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography/210/ |
| In 1919 the Indian Packing Company agreed to sponsor a football team and in 1921, the Packers were accepted into the NFL. | 1919 | http://www.profootballhof.com/history/team.jsp ?franchise_id=12 |
| Lambeau Field is the 4th playing field that the Green Bay Packers have called "home". | 1965 | http://www.profootballhof.com/history/team.jsp ?franchise_id=12 |
| The National Railroad Museum located on Broadway in Ashwaubenon holds the largest known collection of drumheads. Frederick Bauer chose to donate the collection to Green Bay's museum instead of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. | 1999 | http://www.nationalrrmuseum.org/collections exhibits/exhibits/bauer/index.php |
| Green Bay is one of only 4 ports in the US to host the Tall Ships Challenge in 2006. The other cities are: Cleveland OH, Bay City MI and Chicago IL. | 2006 | gclid=CLqlgeGu-IUCFQsNGgodjnmokghttp://www.tallships .sailtraining.org/? |
| Union Cogregational Church in downtown Green Bay was an active stop for the underground railroad to free slave by sending them to Canada. A plaque is displayed to commemorate their involvement. | 1800's | |
| The manually operated elevator located in the Bellin Building on the corner of Washington St. and Walnut is only 1 of 4 remaining in the United States. | 2006 | June 21, 2006, Green Bay Press Gazette |
| The Fox River running through Green Bay is one of the few rivers in the United States to flow North. | 2006 | http://www.circlewisconsin.com |
| The first permanent settlement in Wisconsin was founded in 1764 near Green Bay. | 1764 | |
Green Bay hosts at least 18 accredited colleges and universities with campuses here:NWTC, Lakeland, UWGB, ITT, Blue Sky, Bellin College of Nursing, St. Norbert, Martins College of Cosmotology, WI College of Cosmotology, Bellin Hospital School of Radiologic Technology, Oneida Nation, UW Oshkosh Master Program, Rasmussen College, Silverlake College, Viturbo, Concordia University, Rasmussen College | 2006 | |
| UWGB's Cofrin Library is the Historical Societie's repository for many WI counties dating back to 1823. US Citizenship original applications are housed here from 2 generations ago and are free to the public. | 2006 | http://www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/county/ courtRecords.html |
| The Meyer Theater is a sister to Atlanta's famous Fox theater, whch opened in the same year. | 1930 | http://cinematreasures.org/chain/51/show=all |
| Only Green Bay and Cincinnati have both outdoor and indoor Football teams. | ||
| Green Bay cathederal holds gift from Pope Bendict XVI. | .comhttp://www.greenbaypressgazette /apps/pbcs.dll/article?ID=/20061224/GPG04/612240573/ 1978/frontpage | |
| The Brown County Library owns a rare original picture with signature of Abraham Lincoln. |
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