The state known for brats and beer can now add a new item to its menu.
Seymour, Wis., a small community near Green Bay, was declared the rightful home of the hamburger. Towns spanning the nation from New York to Texas also claim to be the birthplace of the burger, but Seymour has the earliest evidence dating back to 1885.
The burger was served at the Seymour Fair in 1885 by 15-year-old Charles Nagreen, also known as Hamburger Charlie. Hamburger Charlie employed as many as eight people at his famous hamburger tent—selling 150 pounds of hamburgers on some days.
At its annual burger fest in 2001, Seymour cooked a four-ton burger, equal to 32,000 quarter pounders. Seymour will celebrate the birth of the hamburger Aug. 4, with the world's largest hamburger parade down Main Street, a hamburger eating contest and a ketchup slide competition.
