[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 121 (Monday, July 12, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4824-S4825]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   150TH ANNIVERSARY OF GLC MINERALS

  Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I rise today to honor the 150th 
anniversary of GLC Minerals, a fifth-generation, family owned company 
that has contributed to the growth and success of the city of Green Bay 
and Northeast Wisconsin since 1871.
  Wisconsin's indigenous Tribes lived in this area for thousands of 
years and recognized the strategic importance of the bay of Green Bay. 
The confluence of river and lake contributed to the success of their 
thriving communities.
  In 1634 the first European explorer, Jean Nicolet, arrived on the 
shores of Green Bay, and the development of this city on our country's 
western frontier was launched. As the community of what is now greater 
Green Bay grew, eager, hard-working settlers with an entrepreneurial 
spirit arrived to build an economy rooted in iron smelting, timber, and 
cheesemaking. Fred Hurlbut, Sr., was one of these industrious settlers 
and in 1871 established the Hurlbut Calcium and Chemical Company.
  The generations that followed honored the vision of Fred Hurlbut, 
Sr., and as the economy grew and changed, so did the company. In 1940, 
the company moved to the shores of the Fox River. In 2015, the business 
received its final name change to GLC Minerals. And today, as we 
celebrate the 150th anniversary, GLC Minerals remains an anchor of our 
Green Bay community as a successful manufacturer of calcium and 
magnesium carbonate products used in animal feed, mineral fillers, 
pollution filters, and soil conditioners.
  Mr. President, in Wisconsin, we make things. We are known for our 
brats and

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cheese and paper, but our economy is so much more diverse. GLC Minerals 
represents that diversified economic base that has propelled our State 
forward as a great place to work, live, and raise a family. As a custom 
manufacturer of minerals and applications, GLC Minerals contributes to 
our dairy, poultry, glass, paper, construction, and agricultural 
sector. I applaud fifth-generation family member Wesley Hurlbut Garner, 
II, for his wise stewardship of this vital Wisconsin business and wish 
GLC Minerals and the Garner family great success in the next 150 years

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