they created a school for the deaf and the school hired my great-great-great uncle james watson to lead it in those early years. his wife cecelia joined him in the important work and dedicated their lifers. a few years after, relatives arrive and governor ferry addressed the first inaugural address. and some of now i collect memorabilia of our state's history and i recently purchased governor ferry's inaugural address, signed by him. it's truly amazing, which you can find on ebay. come by my office and check it out this time. and as you can appreciate, this audience can appreciate governor ferry cased daunting obstacles literally creating a state government. ferry understood that if he struck an optimistic tone and declared that with resources unequal to any other area, a population as enterprising as creative, no reason why the state of washington should not in the near future rank among the most prominent states in the union, nor why the people should not enjoy the priceless blessings of prosperity, health and happiness. more than a century later, governor ferry's family is still here