Editing Brandon, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
Brandon was originally dubbed "Bungtown" in the town's creation in 1856.<ref>[http://www.wlhn.org/fond_du_lac/communities/brandon/brandonchron.htm History of Brandon, Wisconsin]</ref>

The [[Rens Hemp Company]] of Brandon, Wisconsin, closed in 1958, the last legal hemp producer nationwide in operation following the World Wars.<ref>{{cite book|title=TAPPI Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SpMqAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry|page=114}}</ref> Prior to its 1957 shutdown, Rens had been the primary provider of [[hemp rope]] for the United States Navy.<ref name="Roulac1997">{{cite book|author=John Roulac|title=Hemp Horizons: The Comeback of the World's Most Promising Plant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VYjAQAAMAAJ|date=January 1, 1997|publisher=Chelsea Green Pub.|isbn=978-0-930031-93-0|page=59}}</ref>