All weekend American History tv is featuring green bay, wisconsin. In 1919, the Green Bay Packers are the only Nonprofit Community owned edgerly sports team in the u. S. We work with our city tour staff when a recently traveled to green bay to explore the cities rich history. Learn more about green bay all weekend here on American History tv. I tell people this is the greatest story in the history of sports. Is that a touchdown or not . Nobody wants to call anything. Lets see what theyre going to do here. You look at the hoosiers, cinderella man, you name it, i dont think any of those stories beat the story of the Green Bay Packers. The packers the true story is better than the myth. ,hats one of the aspects of it david versus goliath. The fact that the packers made a name for themselves by beating teams from new york and chicago, when this was a city of under 40,000 people. Nobody had any clue what they were creating in 1919 was going to involve into what it is today. The story goes t
From her letters. She talks about that there was nothing in the area, but she sat on the porch and listened to the winnebago indian tribe who had a burial site very close to here. She talked about the fur traders. She talked about fort howard and gives us a lot of insight as to what was happening in the community and how the community was changing. American history tv is in green bay, wisconsin. In 1634, french explorer John Nicholas became the first european to discover Lake Michigan and wisconsin. He landed near green bay on an expedition to find a route from lake huron to the pacific ocean. He called the area green bay because of the areas waters. Cspan city staff recently visited many sites showcasing green bays history. Learn more all weekend right here on american street tv. History tv. I tell people, this is the greatest story in the history of sports. Lets see what they are going to do here. When you look at movies that hollywood has done about sports, i dont raging bull, think