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In 1836 Doty convinced the legislature to move the territorial capital from Belmont to his new city. In April, 1837 Roseline and Eben Peck arrived and built a log cabin that served as their home and also as an inn for travelers and for the men who were working on the capitol building. In this cabin the first pioneer child in Madison was born, and she was named Wisconsinana Victoria Peck. These pictures are an artist's sketch of the Pecks' cabin and a painting of Mrs. Peck. |
Photo Courtesy: State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Whi C7 5650