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gone now (legislators would stir up the piggies below with long poles when things wer-
en't going their way), as is the edifice. Two buildings do remain and are now restored and
feature small exhibits on early-19th-century Wisconsin and a diorama of the first Capitol.
Though it's open daily in summer, getting in requires advance notice.
Up the road a half-mile is the
Belmont Mound State Park,
a day-use park with some
trailsleadingtothemounditself.Themoundwasusedbythefirstlegislatorsasalandmark
while traversing the prairies to find Belmont, no doubt wondering the entire way what they
were doing there in the first place.
Brewster Cafe, downtown Shullsburg
