[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 8 (Tuesday, February 1, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VILLAGE OF BROWN DEER, WI

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                    HON. F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR.

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 1, 2005

  Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 50th 
Anniversary of the Village of Brown Deer, WI. It gives me great 
pleasure to join Brown Deer in celebrating this historic occasion.
  Brown Deer was not incorporated into a village until January 20, 
1955. However, its history began much earlier in 1835, when Irish and 
German migrants from the eastern United States settled in the Brown 
Deer-Granville area in search of farm lands. A few men from Granville, 
New York gave the township its name, which means ``large city.'' In 
1841, the original towns of Lake and Milwaukee were parceled out into 
seven townships of roughly 36 square miles apiece. The township of 
Granville was positioned in the northwest corner of Milwaukee County. 
It was in the northeast corner of this township where a small community 
referred to by residents as Brown Deer developed.
  With a population of about 225, the first town meeting took place in 
1842. The early 1900s showed moderate population growth in the Brown 
Deer area, but it was not until September 1953 that the process of 
incorporating Brown Deer into a village began. On November 3, 1953, 
incorporators applied for an order incorporating the Village with the 
Circuit Court of Milwaukee County. Following a hearing and a subsequent 
trial, the people of Brown Deer voted overwhelmingly at a referendum 
ordered by the Circuit Court in favor of incorporation, thereby 
officially creating the Village of Brown Deer and making it a municipal 
corporation on January 20, 1955.
  Its humble beginnings helped make Brown Deer the Village it is today. 
I congratulate the Village of Brown Deer on its incorporation, and wish 
the residents of the Village of Brown Deer a very happy 50th 
Anniversary.

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