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Library's 38th Annual Local History Series: From Bridgeport to Wrightstown: How a Ferry Crossing Became a Town
Date: Oct. 8, 2026Time: 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Central Library | 515 Pine Street, downtown Green Bay
with Anna Coussons, President of the Wrightstown Historical Society
In 1833, Vermont surveyor Hoel Wright set up a trading post and ferry crossing at the mouth of Plum Creek on the Fox River. He called this place Bridgeport. The name turned out to be a promise: Wrightstown would go on to build the first bridge across the Fox River in Brown County. This talk covers the settlement Hoel Wright built and the impact the bridge had on the town and all of Brown County.
