MADISON  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin, U.S.A., and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Dane County, situated between Lakes Mendota. and Monona in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south central See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, about 82 m . W. of See also:

• MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee and about 131 M . N.W. of See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago . Pop . (189o), .13,426; (1900) 19,164, of whom 3362 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 69 were negroes; (1gio See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 25,531 . Madison is served by the Chicago & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul, and the See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois Central See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways (being the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of the last), and by interurban electric lines, connecting with See also:

• JANESVILLE

Janesville, See also:

• BELOIT

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 (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

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

River, See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock river flowing southward through Illinois into the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi . The See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city occupies a hilly See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus about a mile wide between Lakes Mendota and Monona, bodies of See also:

• WATER

water of See also:

• GREAT

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
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand and See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite . . The state capitol is in a wooded See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park at the See also:

• SUMMIT

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

original capitol See also:

• BUILDING

building (1837–1838), was partially destroyed by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1904, and in 1909–1910 was replaced by a larger edifice . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

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

housing the See also:

• POST

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

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
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, the public library, the See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera-house, the county See also:

• GAOL, or JAIL

gaol, and the high school . See also:

• RUNNING

Running directly See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west from the capitol is State See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, at the western end of which See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie the grounds of the university of Wisconsin (q.v.), occupying a hilly wooded See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of 300 acres, and extending for a mile along the south See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Mendota . University Hill, on which the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main building of the university stands, is 125 ft. above the lake; at its See also:

• FOOT

foot stands the magnificent library building of the State See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society . In it, in addition to the interesting and valuable historical museum and See also:

• ART

art See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, are the Society's library of more than 350,000 books and See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets, the university library of 150,000 volumes, and the library of the Wisconsin See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of arts and sciences, 5000 volumes . Other See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries in the city include the state See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

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 (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission . Connected with the university is the See also:

• WASHBURN
• WASHBURN, CADWALLADER COLDEN (1818–1882)

Washburn See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory . On the margin of the city lies the extensive experimental See also:

• FARM

farm of the state See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture . In addition to the state university, Madison is the seat of several See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic and Lutheran parochial See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, two business schools, and the Wisconsin academy, a non-sectarian preparatory school of high grade . On the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of Lake Monona are the beautiful grounds of the Monona Lake See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly, a summer assembly on the See also:

• CHAUTAUQUA

Chautauqua See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model . Near the city is one of the five See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish-hatcheries maintained by the state; it is largely devoted to the See also:

• PROPAGATION

propagation of See also:

• TROUT (Salmo trutta)

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 (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital for the insane, opened in 1860 .

The city's streets are broad and heavily shaded with a See also:

• PRO

pro-See also:

• FUSION

fusion of See also:

• ELM

elm, See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak and See also:

• MAPLE, SIR JOHN BLUNDELL, BART

maple trees . There are many See also:

• FINE

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

middle of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

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

municipality owns its waterworks, the water being obtained from eleven artesian See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

wells, and being chemically similar to that of See also:

• WAUKESHA

Waukesha Springs . The city and surrounding region are a summer resort, the lakes affording opportunities for fishing and for See also:

• YACHTING

yachting and boating . Madison is an important jobbing centre for central and south-western Wisconsin; it has an extensive See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in farm, See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden and See also:

• DAIRY

dairy products, poultry and See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco; and there are various manufactures . In 1905 the value of the See also:

• TOTAL

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
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement by the whites the aboriginal inhabitants of the Four-Lakes region were the See also:

• WINNEBAGO

Winnebago . Prehistoric earthworks are to be seen in the neighbourhood, several See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal-shaped mounds upon the shores of Lakes Mendota, Monona and Waubesa being among the best examples . A See also:

• REGULAR

regular trading post is known to have been established on Lake Mendota as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1820 . The See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title to the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian lands was acquired by the United States by treaty in 1825 . See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel Ebenezer Brigham established himself at See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue Mounds, in the western part of Dane county, in 1827 .

In 1832 the " Four-Lakes " See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country was in the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre of hostilities during the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• HAWK (O. Eng. hafoc or heafoc, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch havik, Ger. Habicht; the root is hab-, haf-, to hold, cf. Lat. accipiter, from capere)

Hawk See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

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, THEODORE AYRAULT (1842–1909)

Dodge held a See also:

• CONFERENCE

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 (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the site of Madison . After Black Hawk's defeat on the See also:

• BAD, BCD

Bad See also:

• AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word common, in different forms, in the Teutonic languages, and akin to the Greek 41v17; the New English Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ")

Axe he fled to the Wisconsin river Dalles, near the See also:

• PRESENT

present Kilbourn, where he was betrayed by the Winnebago . In 1836 See also:

• STEVENS,
• STEVENS, A
• STEVENS, ALFRED (1818-1875)
• STEVENS, ALFRED (1828-1906)
• STEVENS, HENRY (1819—1886)

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 (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

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

district See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, who had visited the region as early as 1829, recorded a tract of See also:

• LAND

land, including most of the present site of Madison . Here they surveyed a " See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper " city which they named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of James Madison . On the 3rd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1836 the territorial legislature in session at See also:

• BELMONT, AUGUST (1816–189o)

Belmont, after a protracted and acrimonious debate, determined, largely through Doty's See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, to make Madison the permanent capital . The construction of houses began in the early See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1837 . The first constitutional See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

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 (from Lat. campus, field)

Camp See also:

• RANDALL, SAMUEL JACKSON (1828-189o)

Randall, at Madison, and many of them died in hospital . See D . S .

Durrie, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Madison, Wisconsin (Madison, 1874); Lyman C . See also:

• DRAPER
• DRAPER, JOHN WILLIAM (1811-1882)

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
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1900), and his " See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of Madison " in The University of 'Wisconsin (Madison, 1900) .