our time warner cable partners when weith c-span staff travel to green bay, wisconsin. >> we are at heritage hills historical state park in green bay, wisconsin. here is a collection of historical buildings important to northeast wisconsin. opened in 1977. , 25ave about 43 structures of which are historic. our oldest structure is 1803, the cottage. the buildings surrounding us right now are the fort howard buildings from because storks -- fort howard. the one over here is the detached kitchen constructed in 1834. the one behind me is a replica of the fort howard schoolhouse. the fort howard hospitals my right, that is in 1836 structure. over here is the fort howard guardhouse, our newest restoration project at heritage hill. 1833. fort howard was originally located at the mouth of the fox river at the bay. the first occupants of that area was actually french. forts called for labbe -- la bey. established right after the war of 1812 to protect commerce and the fur trade industry. inconsin became a territory 1836. prior to that, it was part of michigan. by 1848, we became a state. , it wasears