FIRST CAPITOL

Belmont, LaFayette County. May, 1970. c. 500 ft. The twin buildings of the Wisconsin Territorial Capitol (1836), located about two miles north of Belmont,  are viewed in low oblique. The small, white, red-roofed building at right center is an old-fashioned outdoor toilet. This southwestern portion of what is now the state of Wisconsin controlled territorial politics during the 1820-1840 period when discoveries of lead deposits resulted in a population boom. Wisconsin became the nation's 30th state in 1848.