Belmontwi.com
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BELMONT, WISCONSIN Gateway to Lafayette County
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- With its two mounds, it is easy to see how Belmont came by its name, "Belle Monte," French for "beautiful hill." But the Belmont of today is actually a few miles from its namesake. Old Belmont was the first capitol of the Wisconsin Territory, and the territorial legislature met here for 46 days in 1836. Legislators met in the council house and passed 42 laws. A second building, the supreme court building, was never used for its intended purpose. James Doty, one of the legislators, lobbied hard for a city in which he owned land, Madison, to be declared the capitol. The two white clapboard buildings, rescued from use as barns, are now Wisconsin State Historic Sites. The council house is restored to how it looked when the frontier legislature met, and exhibits about pioneer life are contained nearby in the original supreme court building.
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