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Home » Press Releases » Wisconsin Historical Society: Take a country journey to Wisconsin’s first Capitol, opening for the season on May 25
BELMONT, Wis. – First Capitol, a Wisconsin Historical Society site, will open to the public on weekends beginning Saturday, May 25. Explore the modest white wooden buildings where in 1836 Wisconsin’s first laws were written in just 46 days. Located near the picturesque hamlet of Belmont in Lafayette County, these restored historic structures mark the era of the ...