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MADISON , the See also:capital of See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., and the See also:county-seat of Dane County, situated between Lakes Mendota. and Monona in the See also:south central See also:part of the See also:state, about 82 m. W. of See also:Milwaukee and about 131 M. N.W. of See also:Chicago. Pop. (189o), .13,426; (1900) 19,164, of whom 3362 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 69 were negroes; (1gio See also:census) 25,531. Madison is served by the Chicago & See also:North-Western, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:Paul, and the See also:Illinois Central See also:railways (being the See also:northern See also:terminus of the last), and by interurban electric lines, connecting with See also:Janesville, See also:Beloit and Chicago. It has a picturesque situation in what is known as " the Four-Lakes region "; this region takes its name from a See also:chain of lakes, Kegonsa, Waubesa, Monona and Mendota, which, lying in the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order named and -connected with one another by the Yahara or Catfish See also:River, See also:form the See also:head-See also:waters of See also:Rock river flowing southward through Illinois into the See also:Mississippi. The See also:city occupies a hilly See also:isthmus about a mile wide between Lakes Mendota and Monona, bodies of See also:water of See also:great clearness and beauty, with bottoms of See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:sand and See also:granite. .
The state capitol is in a wooded See also:park at the See also:summit of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill 85 ft. high in the centre of the city. From this park the streets and avenues radiate in all directions. The capitol, built in 186o–1867 (with an addition in 1883) on the site of the See also:original capitol See also:building (1837–1838), was partially destroyed by See also:fire in 1904, and in 1909–1910 was replaced by a larger edifice. The See also:principal business portion of the city is built about the capitol park and the university. Among the public buildings on or near the park are the federal building, See also:housing the See also:post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office and the See also:United States courts, the city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the Dane county See also:court-See also:house, the public library, the See also:Fuller See also:opera-house, the county See also:gaol, and the high school. See also:Running directly See also:west from the capitol is State See also:Street, at the western end of which See also:lie the grounds of the university of Wisconsin (q.v.), occupying a hilly wooded See also:tract of 300 acres, and extending for a mile along the south See also:shore of See also:Lake Mendota. University Hill, on which the See also:main building of the university stands, is 125 ft. above the lake; at its See also:foot stands the magnificent library building of the State See also:Historical Society. In it, in addition to the interesting and valuable historical museum and See also:art See also:gallery, are the Society's library of more than 350,000 books and See also:pamphlets, the university library of 150,000 volumes, and the library of the Wisconsin See also:academy of arts and sciences, 5000 volumes. Other See also:libraries in the city include the state See also:law library (45,000 volumes) in the capitol, the Madison public library (22,500 volumes), and the Woodman astronomical library (7500 volumes). The Madison public library houses also the state library school maintained by the Wisconsin library See also:commission. Connected with the university is the See also:Washburn See also:observatory. On the margin of the city lies the extensive experimental See also:farm of the state See also:college of See also:agriculture. In addition to the state university, Madison is the seat of several See also:Roman See also:Catholic and Lutheran parochial See also:schools, two business schools, and the Wisconsin academy, a non-sectarian preparatory school of high grade. On the See also:banks of Lake Monona are the beautiful grounds of the Monona Lake See also:assembly, a summer assembly
on the See also:Chautauqua See also:model. Near the city is one of the five See also:fish-hatcheries maintained by the state; it is largely devoted to the See also:propagation of See also:trout and other small fish. North of the city, occupying a tract of 500 acres, on Lake Mendota, are the buildings and grounds of the state See also:hospital for the insane, opened in 1860.
The city's streets are broad and heavily shaded with a See also:pro-See also:fusion of See also:elm, See also:oak and See also:maple trees. There are many See also:fine See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone residences dating from the See also:middle of the 19th See also:century. There are several parks of great beauty, and along the shores of Lake Mendota there is a broad boulevarded drive of 12 M. The See also:municipality owns its waterworks, the water being obtained from eleven artesian See also:wells, and being chemically similar to that of See also:Waukesha Springs. The city and surrounding region are a summer resort, the lakes affording opportunities for fishing and for See also:yachting and boating.
Madison is an important jobbing centre for central and south-western Wisconsin; it has an extensive See also:trade in farm, See also:garden and See also:dairy products, poultry and See also:tobacco; and there are various manufactures. In 1905 the value of the See also:total factory product was $3,291,143, an increase of 22.4% over that in 1900.
At the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:settlement by the whites the aboriginal inhabitants of the Four-Lakes region were the See also:Winnebago. Prehistoric earthworks are to be seen in the neighbourhood, several See also:animal-shaped mounds upon the shores of Lakes Mendota, Monona and Waubesa being among the best examples. A See also:regular trading post is known to have been established on Lake Mendota as See also:early as 1820. The See also:title to the See also:Indian lands was acquired by the United States by treaty in 1825. See also:Colonel Ebenezer Brigham established himself at See also:Blue Mounds, in the western part of Dane county, in 1827. In 1832 the " Four-Lakes " See also:country was in the See also:theatre of hostilities during the See also:Black See also:Hawk See also:War; Colonel See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Dodge held a See also:conference with Winnebago chiefs on Lake Mendota, and there were several skirmishes in the neighbourhood between his troops and the followers of Black Hawk, one of which took See also:place on the site of Madison. After Black Hawk's defeat on the See also:Bad See also:Axe he fled to the Wisconsin river Dalles, near the See also:present Kilbourn, where he was betrayed by the Winnebago. In 1836 See also:Stevens T. See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
Mason, See also:governor of See also:Michigan, and See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Duane Doty, then U.S. See also:district See also:judge, who had visited the region as early as 1829, recorded a tract of See also:land, including most of the present site of Madison. Here they surveyed a " See also:paper " city which they named in See also:honour of James Madison. On the 3rd of See also:December 1836 the territorial legislature in session at See also:Belmont, after a protracted and acrimonious debate, determined, largely through Doty's See also:influence, to make Madison the permanent capital. The construction of houses began in the early See also:spring of 1837. The first constitutional See also:convention met here in 1846, the second in 1847. Madison was chartered as a city in 1856. In 1862 a large number of Confederate prisoners were confined in See also:Camp See also:Randall, at Madison, and many of them died in hospital.
See D. S. Durrie, See also:History of Madison, Wisconsin (Madison, 1874); Lyman C. See also:Draper, Madison the Capital of Wisconsin (Madison, 1857) ; J. D. See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler, " The Four Lakes Country " in Wisconsin Historical Society Collections, vol. to (1888), and R. G. Thwaites, " Madison " in Historic Towns of the Western States (New See also:York, 1900), and his " See also:Story of Madison " in The University of 'Wisconsin (Madison,
1900).
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