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Related Web Sites:
First Capitol Historic Site (Wikipedia)
Old Belmont, A Sense of Place and Time
First Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Council House
Read More About It
"Belmont Area History"
"Fragments of Early Wisconsin History: Territorial Politics and the Belmont Legislative Session Oct-Dec. 1836" by Bert Bohlin
"Observations in the Wisconsin Territory" by William Rudolph Smith
"History of the Territory of Wisconsin, From 1836 to 1848" by Moses McCure Strong
"Henry Dodge, Frontiersman; First Governor of Wisconsin" by James Clark
Vocabulary:
territorial
oath
officers
Interesting Fact:
The accommodations in Belmont were rather sparse. Many legislators and their friends slept in the same room. One legislator wrote, "Our beds were all full and the floor well spread with blankets and overcoats for lodging purposes."
Study Questions:
How long did the territorial legislature meet in Belmont before moving to Madison?
Why was Belmont chosen as the location for the government of the Wisconsin Territory?
What were some of the important issues the legislature debated during the early months of the Wisconsin Territory?
U.S. historical events that occurred on October 25:
1983: U.S. forces invade Grenada at the order of President Ronald Reagan.
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