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only nonprofit community owned major league professional sports team in the u.s.. our time warner cable partners work with c-span cities to her -- tour staff. learn more about green bay all weekend here on american history tv. at the museum of brown county in green bay, wisconsin. the neville public museum is almost 100-year-old collection of phenomenal artifacts and from thend stories northeastern wisconsin region. is in there standing neville public museum. it is a exposition on wisconsin history. we are in this crossroads area, where we are looking at the intersections of the founding of green bay, and the different andps that were here

thrived during particular times. the objects we're looking at here is perot's malmstrom. he was a missionary here in wisconsin. was given to him by nicholas perrault, a french demand or to presented it -- commander who presented it to the missionary in the 16 80's. it is more of a religious peace, would havece that been brought together where it was more of a communication or ceremonial piece. it is made of silver, one of the oldest things that was brought to the area and used in the area. a year after it arrived, there was a fire at the log church that was that. then the object got buried. 110, 1 hundred 15

years, the object was underground. in the early 1800s, it was unearthed and taken racking to the care of a couple of families that were here in the area. in the mid-1820's, it goes to detroit, and then comes back to green bay. it is interesting because here's this piece is traveling and was pretty much hidden for a good chunk of that storyline. fascinatesnext to it me very much because it is of a it is a dimensions -- pocket compass. it is not intact. it is missing the compass part. but it is a sundial encompass. and top us. they came to the area in 1902, and was part of the do shadow collection.

had beengentleman who taking care of objects and researching northeastern wisconsin history in a private collector. when neville became the neville public museum, his collection came to us. this is one of the signature pieces. the neat part is that it has longitudinal attitude, and it has geographic plates. areas foro map out french traders, and people coming to the area. kind of like a modern-day gps would help us. one of the interesting locations on it is labbe, which is geographically where we are at presently. not typical in-house sundials were manufactured. probably because the person who was using it was unfamiliar with the territory they were going to. giving that sense of place. this particular item we are looking at is one part of a wedding ensemble.

1802, a woman who is the granddaughter of a menominee marrieshief mary's -- lewis green jan, separates, and then remarries. we are one of a handful of institutions that has that complete ensemble the dates to the turn of the 1800s. what this tells us is that during that time, it was a mixture of worlds that was happening here in the northeastern wisconsin area. it is made in a traditional way, but with different types of fabrics that would've been traded. it is not made out of necessarily animal skins. it is fabric that would have been part of a trade network. coming in a pattern fabric. it is that mixture and blending of different worlds and cultures

here in northeastern wisconsin. the permanent storage collection area on the third floor of the museum, a place most people never get a chance to see. this is the authentic, the entire, the rest of the ensemble of this wedding cost him from circa 1802. you are seeing the very delicate appliqué, silk applique fabric that is covering in this case the shawl. there is at least 10 different types of silk fabric in here. again, traded likely from europe. at this time, this is one british controlled regions, new france had fallen. technique is very much indicative of menominee cross-motion, women seamstresses that were working on this costume right around the turn of the 19th century. these are the leggings.

these would have been lower knee and down. with this wonderful geometric pattern, as well as these seed beads that exist around the edge, indicative of early types of trade items. those were the primary commodities that came, along with bolts of fabric, before then turning it into costumes and different styles of a particular american indian tradition or in this case, the blending of a french american indian tradition. we are looking at a shadow of one of the most famous people in wisconsin history. this is a coat that is from the british indian agency, searching by thea 1770, worn father of wisconsin. he comes to wisconsin in about 1745, at the age of 16. his father is in the first trading business.

he comes as a border, and establishes one of the first residential families of european descent in wisconsin. of ais a very rare example british era indian agency coat. we have a replica, a duplicate on exhibit in the permanent gallery. that was installed in 1990. because of its fragility, it is often exhibit. it had been on exhibit sense 1919, when the museum acquired it. the museum began in 1915. it is one of the earliest pieces that was given to the museum for public display. we are very fortunate to have it. what i noticed when i was looking through this, you could tell he was right-handed. there are two false pockets here on either side. really, where you would want to store your goods is on the inside. most of the where is exley taking place -- most of the

place whereng you would be reaching with your right hand. it's the reason this is much more damage than the other side, the right side of the code, which is much more intact. by the time he received this recognizeds already by louis the 15th in the french court. lieutenant for the french military, as they were part of new france based out of québec and montreal. is what you would have seen someone walking around of high rank, likely on horseback, certainly on foot too. someone you would have wanted to recognize with authority, and then ultimately, what they were doing was the indian agency individuals were trying to in some way assimilate the american indian publishing. he walked a fine line. he probably commanded a lot of

respect amongst the local populations. these are migrating populations of indigenous populations from the east coast. is.have a pot of water and like him whoone could speak ottawa fluently, and french, and english. he was a man of him oppressive complexity. -- impressive complexity. finally, without ensemble comes his sword. is this one if not the only type of sword. silver pommele head of the dog. it was certainly produced in france. this green color on the handle is actually dyed ivory.

circas 18 century, 1770. this would been -- would have been one of the swords that had a recreational elements, it in france, this was a coveted item and showed your status by using it. perhaps exley fighting with it, we don't know. certainly, it would have been a ank of status and pride century 34late 18th inch long hunting sword from paris, france. i think we are very fortunate here in brown county to have pieces of american history that resound across generations. what you are seeing is elements that we are focusing on a specific time. of context -- specific time period of context. the material culture, the artifex, the paintings, all

illustrate the points of crossroads on a highway that has brought people to this landscape for millennia. it just happens to be a very interesting snapshot in time of when cultures collide, ultimately integrate, and then celebrate their identity for future generations. weekend,hout the american history tv is featuring green bay, wisconsin. our cities to her staff travel there to learn about its rich history and to learn more about green bay and other stops on c-span's city to her. go to www.c-span.org/lo calcontent. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. cam,span's 2015 student edition is underway. they will award 150 prizes. create a five to seven minute topic they on the

three branches and you. c-spanneed to include programming, include various points of view, and be cemented by january 20. grab a camera, get started today. ago thisld have years summer, during the war of 1812, british soldiers invaded , and set fire to the white house and the u.s. capitol building. president james madison and first lady dolly madison fled the city. next on american history tv, the university of virginia history professor focuses on president madison, and the decisions he had to make during the war of 1812. spoke at atagg presentation at montpelier. this is about an hour. >> with that, lineage reduce with great pleasure, dr. john stagg, professor of history at the univty