ling was built and occupied, October 26tlij 1818, the counties of Brown and Crawford were organized, covering tbe whole State, Thomas B'uttall, the botanist, explored Wisconsin in 1809, The first Post Office in the Territory was established at Green Bay in 1821 ; the first Court was held in Brown county, July 12th, 1824, James D. Doty being appointed Judge the same year; the first term of the United States Court was held at Green Bay, October 4th, 1824; the first stpamboat appeared on Lake Michigan in 1826, although the first one at Chicago. was not till 1832; and the first newspaper (Grem Bay Intelligencer) was printed at Green Bay in 1833. Colonel Ebenezer Childs built the first frame house erected in "Wisconsin, at Green Bay (formerly ]!!iravarino) in 1825.