Brown County is home to 16 Wisconsin Historical Society historical markers:
Marker 62: Red Banks: commemorates the 1634 arrival of Jean Nicolet "at Red Banks on the shore of Green Bay"Marker 105: Eleazer Williams: asks the question -- is Eleazer Williams the "Lost Dauphin"?Marker 156: Hazelwood: honors the home of Morgan L. and Elizabeth (Smith) Martin, built in 1837, it was "a center of social, literary and political accomplishment for nearly a century"Marker 189: Marquette-Jolliet: documents the departure point of a June 1672 expedition "to find and explore the upper Mississippi River"Marker 237: Green Bay Packers: this marker honoring the Green Bay Packers as "an institution and a legend" is "confirmed missing"Marker 239: Heritage Hill State Park: recognizes the park "built to portray and preserve Wisconsin's beginnings"Marker 262: White Pillars: honors the 1836 structure that served "as the office of the Fox River Hydraulic Company . . . a barber shop, a newspaper office, a cabinet shop, a private school, a church, and a residence"Marker 263: Wisconsin's Dairy Industries: informs on "the growth of the dairy industry in Wisconsin"Marker 266: Rapides Des Peres -- Voyager Park: commemorates the "rapids at De Pere" and the "early travelers along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, which provided the best access to the Mississippi"Marker 268: Wisconsin's Maritime Industries: commemorates "the area from Manitowoc to Surgeon Bay" as "a center for shipping, fishing, and shipbuilding on the upper Great Lakes," since about 1840Marker 373: Denmark: records the 1848 settlement of Denmark, Wisconsin, by immigrants from DenmarkMarker 494: Cnesses Israel Synagogue: identifies the site of the first Jewish congregation in Brown County (1904)Marker 502: Revolutionary War Veteran: honors Oneida Chief James Powlis, who served with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary WarMarker 540: Historic Green Bay Road: commemorates a 200 mile historic road connecting Green Bay to ChicagoMarker 541: Cotton House -- Baird Law Office: provides the history of the "Cotton House" built in 1840 by John P. Arndt as a home for his daughter and her husbandMarker 542: Rio-Porlier-Tank Cottage: identifies "the oldest standing house in Wisconsin, built in 1776"
