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Green Bay is the county seat of Brown County, Wisconsin, located at the mouth of the Fox River on Lake Michigan's Green Bay inlet, with a population of 107,395 according to the 2020 census, making it Wisconsin's third-largest city. The area was originally inhabited by the Menominee and Ho-Chunk peoples before Jean Nicolet established a fur trading post there in 1634, founding one of America's oldest European settlements. The city developed as a major center for the lumber and paper industries during the 19th and 20th centuries, leveraging its strategic position at the Fox River's mouth. Today, Green Bay is internationally known as the home of the Green Bay Packers, the iconic National Football League franchise, with the metropolitan area supporting approximately 335,000 residents. Appleton is a city and the county seat of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, located 30 miles southwest of Green Bay on the Fox River, with a 2020 population of 75,644 making it Wisconsin's sixth-most populous city. Founded in 1847 along the Fox River as three merged villages and home to Lawrence University (established 1847), Appleton became an industrial center beginning with its first paper mill in 1853 and achieved national significance as the site of the Vulcan Street Plant, the nation's first hydroelectric central station, which began operation on September 30, 1882. The city pioneered electric infrastructure innovations including the first commercially successful electric streetcar company (August 1886) and the first residence powered by a centrally located hydroelectric station. Today, Appleton's economy spans paper manufacturing, retail, and healthcare sectors anchored by major facilities like St. Elizabeth Hospital and ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton, while serving as a cultural hub for the Fox River Valley with venues including the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center and attractions like the History Museum at the Castle, which exhibits on notable residents such as magician Harry Houdini. Oshkosh is the county seat of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, located on the western shore of Lake Winnebago with a population of 66,816 at the 2020 census, making it Wisconsin's ninth-largest city. Named after Menominee Chief Oshkosh, the city was incorporated in 1853 and became the "Sawdust Capital of the World" due to its thriving lumber industry, which boasted 47 sawmills and 15 shingle mills by 1874 and drove its growth to Wisconsin's third-largest city by 1870 with over 12,000 residents. The city's development was shaped by the 1859 arrival of rail transportation, the devastating Great Fire of April 28, 1875 that destroyed 70 stores and 500 homes causing $2.5 million in damage, and the founding of the Oshkosh State Normal School (now University of Wisconsin Oshkosh) around 1870. In the early 20th century, Oshkosh was home to the Oshkosh Brewing Company's nationally distributed Chief Oshkosh beer brand and the Oshkosh All-Stars basketball team, which played in the National Basketball League from 1937 to 1949 before the NBL merged with the Basketball Association of America to form the NBA. The Oshkosh metropolitan area, comprising Winnebago County, has 171,730 residents and is part of the greater Fox Cities region of Wisconsin.