County Information
Organized: February 20 1855
County Seat: New Ulm
The county was named for pioneer Joseph Renshaw Brown, a prominent pioneer, soldier, Indian trader, lumberman, speculator, founder of cities, legislator, politician, and editor.
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Brown County Courthouse built in 1891
photo taken 2016
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JANUARY 2025
BIOS : Contributed by Robin Line - Joseph Renshaw Brown, S. D. Peterson, Geo. W. Somerville, Benjamin F. Webber
NEWS-FIRE: Contributed by Robin Line - 1870 – Dacotah House Stable
OBITS : Contributed by Robin Line - Charles Frederick Blume, John O. Byro, Iona Kotten, August Zemple
MAY 2024
BIOS : Christian C. Johnson, Albert Hauser
BUSINESS : H. H. Pingle
MARRIAGES: News - Moll-Current
NEWS-COMMUNITY: 1911 - New Telephone Building
OBITS : Mrs. Kiesow, Clara Hengy, W. A. Wuetig
OFFICIALS : Col. Pfaender, C. L. Roos
PEOPLE: Ernst Wicherski, Herbert Schild, Ernst Wicherski, W. L. Seaton, Charles Silverson
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