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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SCAPWI_120806_019.JPG: Hans Christian Heg Colonel 15th Wis. Vols. Born in Norway Dec. 21, 1829 Fell at Chickamauga Sept. 19, 1863
2. SCAPWI_120806_028.JPG: Capitol Square has long been the heart of the city The Madison Heritage Series Capitol Square has long been the heart of the city Even before Madison was founded, people met to exchange money and merchandise not far from this spot. Five hundred Ho-Chunk camped near the square in 1832 to swap furs for trader Oliver Armel's goods. People began building businesses on Capitol Square in 1837. The first settlers lived on King Street, and downtown centered on the intersection of King, Main and Pinckney streets. The earliest hotels appeared on Pinckney Street, to host visiting legislators and government officials, and James Richardson opened Madison's first bank on the corner of Pinckney Street and East Washington Avenue. Madison's first trains arrived in 1854, and growth on the square continued as businesses sought to attract rail-riding customers from nearby depots. The square's status as Madison's first business hub helped make it the city's favorite place for political speeches, parades, holiday events, protests, outdoor markets and victory celebrations. Sidebar: Standing here and looking down Pinckney Street toward Lake Monona in 1885, you would have observed a vital thoroughfare, part of Madison's original downtown. At that time, the square as a whole boasted 124 stores. Capitol Square remained Madison's liveliest shopping district until well into the 20th century. At that time, the green space around the capitol was also the city's largest park. No wonder the square was Madison's undisputed center -- and remains a popular staging ground for public events.
3. SCAPWI_120806_037.JPG: The fountain was supposed to fill in the various water bodies on the sculpture.
4. SCAPWI_120806_056.JPG: Outdoor markets are a Madison tradition The Madison Heritage Series Located in one of the richest agricultural counties in the country, Madison has always been a market town. But the farming community was out of luck in 1872 when state officials banned the hitching of horses on the interior side of Capitol Square. Farmers had to find a new place to tie their horses when shopping downtown. They chose the first block of East Washington Avenue, and a popular farmers' market soon developed there. The Madison Businessmen's Club used the same site from 1890 to 1906 for the Water Tower Horse Market. The city's 1889 water tower, razed in 1920-21, served as a centerpiece. City leaders relocated the farmers' market to an indoor venue in 1910, where it was largely unsuccessful. The building still stands as a Madison landmark at the corner of Mifflin and Blount streets. In 1972, public officials and private vendors reinvigorated this agricultural tradition with the debut of the Dane County Farmers' Market. Sidebar: A Capitol Square mainstay, the Dane County Farmers' Market began in 1972 and grew to become the nation's largest, spawning neighborhood and weekday markets. Successful agricultural markets have a long history in Madison, beginning in the late 1800s. A block away from the square farmers sold crops and businessmen ran a horse market that one Chicago customer counted among "the best in the country."
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Wikipedia Description: Wisconsin State Capitol
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The Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the state Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor. The current building, completed in 1917, is the fifth building to serve as the Wisconsin capitol since the first territorial legislature convened in 1836 and the third building since Wisconsin was granted statehood in 1848. The streets surrounding the building form the Capitol Square which is home to many restaurants and shops. The square is a major hub for the Madison Metro bus service

First capitol:

The first capitol was a prefabricated wood-frame council house hastily shipped to Belmont, Wisconsin with no heat or water. Legislators met there for 42 days after Belmont was designated the capital of Wisconsin Territory. The session chose Madison as the site of the capitol, and Burlington, Iowa as the site of further legislative sessions until Madison could be ready. The council house and an associated lodging house still stand and are operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society as the First Capitol Historic Site.

Second capitol:

The second capitol was the first state house built in Madison, on the present site. Built in 1837 for $60,000 of stone cut from Maple Bluff and locally cut oak, it was small but typical of frontier state houses.

Third capitol:

Growing government needs forced the state to construct a new capitol, also on the present site. This structure, with a similar U.S. Capitol-inspired dome, was built between 1857 and 1869. In 1882, the state expanded this capitol with two wings to the north and south at a cost of $900,000. In 1903, however, a commission began looking into replacing the structure.

1904 fire:

On the night of February 26, 1904, a gas jet ignited a newly-varnished ceiling in the third capitol building. A nearby university reservoir was empty, so water had to be brought in from Milwauke ...More...
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2012 photos: Trips this year: three Civil War Trust conferences (Shepherdstown, WV, Richmond, VA, and Williamsburg, VA), a week-long family reunion cruise of the Caribbean, another week-long family reunion in the Wisconsin Dells (with lots of in-transit time in Ohio and Indiana), and my 7th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including side trips to Zion, Bryce, the Grand Canyon, etc). Ego strokes: I had a picture of Miss DC, Ashley Boalch, published in the Washington Post. I had a photograph of the George Segal San Francisco Holocaust memorial used as the cover of Quebec Francais (issue 165). Not being able to read French, I'm not entirely sure what the article is about but, hey! And I guess what could be considered to be a positive thing, my site is now established enough that spammers have noticed it and I had to block 17,000 file description postings for Viagra and whatever else.. Equipment this year: My mainstays were the Fuji S100fs, Nikon D7000, and the new Fuji X-S1. I also used an underwater Fuji XP50 and a Nikon D600. The first three cameras all broke this year and had to be repaired. Number of photos taken this year: just below 410,000.
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