We visited First Capitol State Park near Belmont on Wednesday August 12th 2015 on our way from Darlington to Lancaster. It was a beautiful day and we were the only tourists on the site of the restored buildings that were the first Wisconsin Territorial Capitol. Honestly, there’s not all that much to see here, but it is kind of interesting. I remember visiting here when I was about 10 years old. Not much has changed, except now there are additional historical markers for with Wisconsin’s 150th anniversary as a state.
- At the First Capitol near Belmont
- Historical marker from Wisconsin’s Sesquicentennial
- Another historical marker from Wisconsin’s Sesquicentennial
- The original historical marker
- Both of the buildings were restored and moved to the current site.
- The Council House: the legislature met here
- The lodging house, sometimes called the courthouse
- The first capitol buildings