his name is jean nickolay was from france looking for new route to china.y thought there was a northwest passageway so it came up through the great lakes, couldn't get any closer than green bay. so he fired his pistols in the sky announces arrival, this part of the world does not invented guns yet. the indians thought those guns were probably thunder sticks. the gentleman here on my left is the first weatherman in the country. his name is increase alvin yet. he says predicting the weather in the madison area. in the 18 seventies. in the 18 seventies, it's kind of simple he knew someone that lives 60 miles west of here and he would ask the question, what does the weather look like. if the note came back saying rainy predicts it's gonna rain in madison pretty soon. because he realizes most of our weather comes from the west. in front of me, we have a lady in the brown dress with a piece of paper. she was the wife of the governor during the civil war. the person in the center is called unity, representing the civil war. in those days the women from your state