| In 1672, the first European settlement, a mission, was established by Jesuit missionaries in De Pere. France ceded the area to Great Britain in 1763, and in 1787 it became part of the Northwest Territory.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 625. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|822639|item|disp=FS Library book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref> | | In 1672, the first European settlement, a mission, was established by Jesuit missionaries in De Pere. France ceded the area to Great Britain in 1763, and in 1787 it became part of the Northwest Territory.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 625. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|822639|item|disp=FS Catalog book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref> |