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, (pop. 191,262; met. area pop. 367,085), is the capital and second largest city of the state.  Only has more people.  is the home of the largest campus of the University of Wisconsin System.  It also is a center of medicine, dairy-based agribusiness, and recreation.  is the trade center of a rich agricultural region.  It lies in south-central Wisconsin.  
 
Downtown Madison lies between Lakes Mendota and Monona, and Lake Wingra is in the western part of the city.  These lakes help make Madison one of the nation’s most beautiful state capitals. 
 
Two land investors, James D. Doty and Stevens T. Mason, founded Madison in 1836.  They named it for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.  They chose the site because its lakes provided scenic beauty. 
 
Description.  Madison covers about 62 square miles (100 square kilometers), including about 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of inland water.  It is the county seat of Dane County.  Madison’s metropolitan area includes the county–1,233 square miles (3,193 square kilometers).  The dome of the white granite State Capitol towers 286 feet (87 meters) above the heart of downtown Madison.  Federal, state, and municipal government buildings stand nearby.  The University of Wisconsin campus lies about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) west of the Capitol on the south shore of Lake Mendota. 
 
Madison’s public school system includes 29 elemen-tary schools, 9 middle schools, and 4 high schools.  The Madison Public Library consists of a main library and seven branch libraries.  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the nation’s largest universities.  The city is also the home of Edgewood College and the Madison Area Technical College.  Madison serves as a medical center, with the University Medical School, three hospitals, and a number of clinics. 
 
The city’s cultural attractions include the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Museum of Art, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, and the Madison Civic Center.  The Civic Center includes two theaters and the Madison Art Center, an art gallery.  The University of Wisconsin also operates the 1,200-acre (486-hectare) Arboretum in Madison.  The zoo is in Henry Vilas Park.  Lakes in and near Madison provide boating, fishing, water-skiing, and swimming. 
 
Economy of Madison depends heavily on government operations and on trade.  Federal, state, and local government agencies and the University of Wisconsin employ about a third of Dane County’s workers.  Another third hold jobs in retail and wholesale trade and in such services as finance, insurance, and research.  The city has over 100 research and testing laboratories. 
 
About a tenth of the county’s workers are employed in the area’s more than 400 manufacturing plants.  Farming and cattle raising in the area have helped make food processing the city’s largest industry.  Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, one of the nation’s biggest meat-packing firms, is one of the city’s largest private employers.  It provides jobs for more than 2,800 workers in the city.  The largest private employer is Wisconsin Physicians Service, an insurance company with more than 3,100 workers.  Madison’s other major industries include the production of batteries, dairy equipment, and hospital supplies. 
 
Railroad freight lines and bus and trucking companies serve Madison.  Airlines use Dane County Regional Airport on Madison’s east side. 
 
Government and history.  Madison has a mayor-council form of government.  Voters elect the mayor and the 20-member Common Council to two-year terms. 
 
Winnebago Indians lived in what is now the Madison area before white settlers came.  In 1835, the site was bought by James D. Doty, a federal judge who later became governor of the Wisconsin Territory, and Stevens T. Mason, the governor of Michigan Territory .  In 1836, the first Wisconsin Territory legislature made Madison the capital, even though the community did not yet exist.  Its first white settlers, Eben and Rosaline Peck, arrived from nearby Blue Mounds in 1837.  They erected a hotel for the workers who built the first Capitol. 
 
Madison began functioning as the capital in 1838 and continued when Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848.  It was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626.  In 1856, it became a city.  By then, the population was about 9,500.  By 1900, Madison had 19,164 people. 
 
The Oscar Mayer company opened its meat-packing plant in the city in 1919 and helped make Madison a major food-processing center.  During the 1920′s, the city became the headquarters of the Progressive Party, led by the La Follette family of Madison.  This party pioneered in social reform legislation. 
 
During the 1960′s, a rapid increase in employment by the federal, state, and municipal governments in Madison created a population boom.  Since the early 1970′s, many buildings in downtown Madison have been rehabilitated.  One major rehabilitation project was the creation of the Civic Center, a performing arts complex completed in 1980.  Part of the center was established in a 50-year-old theater and a former department store.  The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, completed in 1997, was built according to plans by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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, (pop. 191,262; met. area pop. 367,085), is the capital and second largest city of the state.  Only has more people.  Madison is the home of the largest campus of the University of Wisconsin System.  It also is a center of medicine, dairy-based agribusiness, and recreation.  Madison is the trade center of a rich agricultural region.  It lies in south-central Wisconsin.  
 
Downtown Madison lies between Lakes Mendota and Monona, and Lake Wingra is in the western part of the city.  These lakes help make Madison one of the nation’s most beautiful state capitals. 
 
Two land investors, James D. Doty and Stevens T. Mason, founded Madison in 1836.  They named it for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.  They chose the site because its lakes provided scenic beauty. 
 
Description.  Madison covers about 62 square miles (100 square kilometers), including about 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of inland water.  It is the county seat of Dane County.  Madison’s metropolitan area includes the county–1,233 square miles (3,193 square kilometers).  The dome of the white granite State Capitol towers 286 feet (87 meters) above the heart of downtown Madison.  Federal, state, and municipal government buildings stand nearby.  The University of Wisconsin campus lies about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) west of the Capitol on the south shore of Lake Mendota. 
 
Madison’s public school system includes 29 elemen-tary schools, 9 middle schools, and 4 high schools.  The Madison Public Library consists of a main library and seven branch libraries.  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the nation’s largest universities.  The city is also the home of Edgewood College and the Madison Area Technical College.  Madison serves as a medical center, with the University Medical School, three hospitals, and a number of clinics. 
 
The city’s cultural attractions include the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Museum of Art, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, and the Madison Civic Center.  The Civic Center includes two theaters and the Madison Art Center, an art gallery.  The University of Wisconsin also operates the 1,200-acre (486-hectare) Arboretum in Madison.  The zoo is in Henry Vilas Park.  Lakes in and near Madison provide boating, fishing, water-skiing, and swimming. 
 
Economy of Madison depends heavily on government operations and on trade.  Federal, state, and local government agencies and the University of Wisconsin employ about a third of Dane County’s workers.  Another third hold jobs in retail and wholesale trade and in such services as finance, insurance, and research.  The city has over 100 research and testing laboratories. 
 
About a tenth of the county’s workers are employed in the area’s more than 400 manufacturing plants.  Farming and cattle raising in the area have helped make food processing the city’s largest industry.  Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, one of the nation’s biggest meat-packing firms, is one of the city’s largest private employers.  It provides jobs for more than 2,800 workers in the city.  The largest private employer is Wisconsin Physicians Service, an insurance company with more than 3,100 workers.  Madison’s other major industries include the production of batteries, dairy equipment, and hospital supplies. 
 
Railroad freight lines and bus and trucking companies serve Madison.  Airlines use Dane County Regional Airport on Madison’s east side. 
 
Government and history.  Madison has a mayor-council form of government.  Voters elect the mayor and the 20-member Common Council to two-year terms. 
 
Winnebago Indians lived in what is now the Madison area before white settlers came.  In 1835, the site was bought by James D. Doty, a federal judge who later became governor of the Wisconsin Territory, and Stevens T. Mason, the governor of Michigan Territory .  In 1836, the first Wisconsin Territory legislature made Madison the capital, even though the community did not yet exist.  Its first white settlers, Eben and Rosaline Peck, arrived from nearby Blue Mounds in 1837.  They erected a hotel for the workers who built the first Capitol. 
 
Madison began functioning as the capital in 1838 and continued when Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848.  It was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626.  In 1856, it became a city.  By then, the population was about 9,500.  By 1900, Madison had 19,164 people. 
 
The Oscar Mayer company opened its meat-packing plant in the city in 1919 and helped make Madison a major food-processing center.  During the 1920′s, the city became the headquarters of the Progressive Party, led by the La Follette family of Madison.  This party pioneered in social reform legislation. 
 
During the 1960′s, a rapid increase in employment by the federal, state, and municipal governments in Madison created a population boom.  Since the early 1970′s, many buildings in downtown Madison have been rehabilitated.  One major rehabilitation project was the creation of the Civic Center, a performing arts complex completed in 1980.  Part of the center was established in a 50-year-old theater and a former department store.  The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, completed in 1997, was built according to plans by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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, (pop. 191,262; met. area pop. 367,085), is the capital and second largest city of the state.  Only has more people.  Madison is the home of the largest campus of the University of System.  It also is a center of medicine, dairy-based agribusiness, and recreation.  Madison is the trade center of a rich agricultural region.  It lies in south-central .  
 
Downtown Madison lies between Lakes Mendota and Monona, and Lake Wingra is in the western part of the city.  These lakes help make Madison one of the nation’s most beautiful state capitals. 
 
Two land investors, James D. Doty and Stevens T. Mason, founded Madison in 1836.  They named it for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.  They chose the site because its lakes provided scenic beauty. 
 
Description.  Madison covers about 62 square miles (100 square kilometers), including about 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of inland water.  It is the county seat of Dane County.  Madison’s metropolitan area includes the county–1,233 square miles (3,193 square kilometers).  The dome of the white granite State Capitol towers 286 feet (87 meters) above the heart of downtown Madison.  Federal, state, and municipal government buildings stand nearby.  The University of Wisconsin campus lies about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) west of the Capitol on the south shore of Lake Mendota. 
 
Madison’s public school system includes 29 elemen-tary schools, 9 middle schools, and 4 high schools.  The Madison Public Library consists of a main library and seven branch libraries.  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the nation’s largest universities.  The city is also the home of Edgewood College and the Madison Area Technical College.  Madison serves as a medical center, with the University Medical School, three hospitals, and a number of clinics. 
 
The city’s cultural attractions include the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Museum of Art, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, and the Madison Civic Center.  The Civic Center includes two theaters and the Madison Art Center, an art gallery.  The University of Wisconsin also operates the 1,200-acre (486-hectare) Arboretum in Madison.  The zoo is in Henry Vilas Park.  Lakes in and near Madison provide boating, fishing, water-skiing, and swimming. 
 
Economy of Madison depends heavily on government operations and on trade.  Federal, state, and local government agencies and the University of Wisconsin employ about a third of Dane County’s workers.  Another third hold jobs in retail and wholesale trade and in such services as finance, insurance, and research.  The city has over 100 research and testing laboratories. 
 
About a tenth of the county’s workers are employed in the area’s more than 400 manufacturing plants.  Farming and cattle raising in the area have helped make food processing the city’s largest industry.  Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, one of the nation’s biggest meat-packing firms, is one of the city’s largest private employers.  It provides jobs for more than 2,800 workers in the city.  The largest private employer is Wisconsin Physicians Service, an insurance company with more than 3,100 workers.  Madison’s other major industries include the production of batteries, dairy equipment, and hospital supplies. 
 
Railroad freight lines and bus and trucking companies serve Madison.  Airlines use Dane County Regional Airport on Madison’s east side. 
 
Government and history.  Madison has a mayor-council form of government.  Voters elect the mayor and the 20-member Common Council to two-year terms. 
 
Winnebago Indians lived in what is now the Madison area before white settlers came.  In 1835, the site was bought by James D. Doty, a federal judge who later became governor of the Wisconsin Territory, and Stevens T. Mason, the governor of Michigan Territory .  In 1836, the first Wisconsin Territory legislature made Madison the capital, even though the community did not yet exist.  Its first white settlers, Eben and Rosaline Peck, arrived from nearby Blue Mounds in 1837.  They erected a hotel for the workers who built the first Capitol. 
 
Madison began functioning as the capital in 1838 and continued when Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848.  It was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626.  In 1856, it became a city.  By then, the population was about 9,500.  By 1900, Madison had 19,164 people. 
 
The Oscar Mayer company opened its meat-packing plant in the city in 1919 and helped make Madison a major food-processing center.  During the 1920′s, the city became the headquarters of the Progressive Party, led by the La Follette family of Madison.  This party pioneered in social reform legislation. 
 
During the 1960′s, a rapid increase in employment by the federal, state, and municipal governments in Madison created a population boom.  Since the early 1970′s, many buildings in downtown Madison have been rehabilitated.  One major rehabilitation project was the creation of the Civic Center, a performing arts complex completed in 1980.  Part of the center was established in a 50-year-old theater and a former department store.  The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, completed in 1997, was built according to plans by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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, (pop. 191,262; met. area pop. 367,085), is the capital and second largest city of the state.  Only has more people.  Madison is the home of the largest campus of the University of Wisconsin System.  It also is a center of medicine, dairy-based agribusiness, and recreation.  Madison is the trade center of a rich agricultural region.  It lies in south-central Wisconsin.  
 
Downtown Madison lies between Lakes Mendota and Monona, and Lake Wingra is in the western part of the city.  These lakes help make Madison one of the nation’s most beautiful state capitals. 
 
Two land investors, James D. Doty and Stevens T. Mason, founded Madison in 1836.  They named it for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.  They chose the site because its lakes provided scenic beauty. 
 
Description.  Madison covers about 62 square miles (100 square kilometers), including about 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of inland water.  It is the county seat of Dane County.  Madison’s metropolitan area includes the county–1,233 square miles (3,193 square kilometers).  The dome of the white granite State Capitol towers 286 feet (87 meters) above the heart of downtown Madison.  Federal, state, and municipal government buildings stand nearby.  The University of Wisconsin campus lies about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) west of the Capitol on the south shore of Lake Mendota. 
 
Madison’s public school system includes 29 elemen-tary schools, 9 middle schools, and 4 high schools.  The Madison Public Library consists of a main library and seven branch libraries.  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the nation’s largest universities.  The city is also the home of Edgewood College and the Madison Area Technical College.  Madison serves as a medical center, with the University Medical School, three hospitals, and a number of clinics. 
 
The city’s cultural attractions include the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Museum of Art, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, and the Madison Civic Center.  The Civic Center includes two theaters and the Madison Art Center, an art gallery.  The University of Wisconsin also operates the 1,200-acre (486-hectare) Arboretum in Madison.  The zoo is in Henry Vilas Park.  Lakes in and near Madison provide boating, fishing, water-skiing, and swimming. 
 
Economy of Madison depends heavily on government operations and on trade.  Federal, state, and local government agencies and the University of Wisconsin employ about a third of Dane County’s workers.  Another third hold jobs in retail and wholesale trade and in such services as finance, insurance, and research.  The city has over 100 research and testing laboratories. 
 
About a tenth of the county’s workers are employed in the area’s more than 400 manufacturing plants.  Farming and cattle raising in the area have helped make food processing the city’s largest industry.  Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, one of the nation’s biggest meat-packing firms, is one of the city’s largest private employers.  It provides jobs for more than 2,800 workers in the city.  The largest private employer is Wisconsin Physicians Service, an insurance company with more than 3,100 workers.  Madison’s other major industries include the production of batteries, dairy equipment, and hospital supplies. 
 
Railroad freight lines and bus and trucking companies serve Madison.  Airlines use Dane County Regional Airport on Madison’s east side. 
 
Government and history.  Madison has a mayor-council form of government.  Voters elect the mayor and the 20-member Common Council to two-year terms. 
 
Winnebago Indians lived in what is now the Madison area before white settlers came.  In 1835, the site was bought by James D. Doty, a federal judge who later became governor of the Wisconsin Territory, and Stevens T. Mason, the governor of Michigan Territory .  In 1836, the first Wisconsin Territory legislature made Madison the capital, even though the community did not yet exist.  Its first white settlers, Eben and Rosaline Peck, arrived from nearby Blue Mounds in 1837.  They erected a hotel for the workers who built the first Capitol. 
 
Madison began functioning as the capital in 1838 and continued when Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848.  It was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626.  In 1856, it became a city.  By then, the population was about 9,500.  By 1900, Madison had 19,164 people. 
 
The Oscar Mayer company opened its meat-packing plant in the city in 1919 and helped make Madison a major food-processing center.  During the 1920′s, the city became the headquarters of the Progressive Party, led by the La Follette family of Madison.  This party pioneered in social reform legislation. 
 
During the 1960′s, a rapid increase in employment by the federal, state, and municipal governments in Madison created a population boom.  Since the early 1970′s, many buildings in downtown Madison have been rehabilitated.  One major rehabilitation project was the creation of the Civic Center, a performing arts complex completed in 1980.  Part of the center was established in a 50-year-old theater and a former department store.  The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, completed in 1997, was built according to plans by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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, (pop. 191,262; met. area pop. 367,085), is the capital and second largest city of the state.  Only has more people.  Madison is the home of the largest campus of the University of Wisconsin System.  It also is a center of medicine, dairy-based agribusiness, and recreation.  Madison is the trade center of a rich agricultural region.  It lies in south-central Wisconsin.  
 
Downtown Madison lies between Lakes Mendota and Monona, and Lake Wingra is in the western part of the city.  These lakes help make Madison one of the nation’s most beautiful state capitals. 
 
Two land investors, James D. Doty and Stevens T. Mason, founded Madison in 1836.  They named it for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.  They chose the site because its lakes provided scenic beauty. 
 
Description.  Madison covers about 62 square miles (100 square kilometers), including about 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of inland water.  It is the county seat of Dane County.  Madison’s metropolitan area includes the county–1,233 square miles (3,193 square kilometers).  The dome of the white granite State Capitol towers 286 feet (87 meters) above the heart of downtown Madison.  Federal, state, and municipal government buildings stand nearby.  The University of Wisconsin campus lies about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) west of the Capitol on the south shore of Lake Mendota. 
 
Madison’s public school system includes 29 elemen-tary schools, 9 middle schools, and 4 high schools.  The Madison Public Library consists of a main library and seven branch libraries.  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the nation’s largest universities.  The city is also the home of Edgewood College and the Madison Area Technical College.  Madison serves as a medical center, with the University Medical School, three hospitals, and a number of clinics. 
 
The city’s cultural attractions include the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Museum of Art, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, and the Madison Civic Center.  The Civic Center includes two theaters and the Madison Art Center, an art gallery.  The University of Wisconsin also operates the 1,200-acre (486-hectare) Arboretum in Madison.  The zoo is in Henry Vilas Park.  Lakes in and near Madison provide boating, fishing, water-skiing, and swimming. 
 
Economy of Madison depends heavily on government operations and on trade.  Federal, state, and local government agencies and the University of Wisconsin employ about a third of Dane County’s workers.  Another third hold jobs in retail and wholesale trade and in such services as finance, insurance, and research.  The city has over 100 research and testing laboratories. 
 
About a tenth of the county’s workers are employed in the area’s more than 400 manufacturing plants.  Farming and cattle raising in the area have helped make food processing the city’s largest industry.  Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, one of the nation’s biggest meat-packing firms, is one of the city’s largest private employers.  It provides jobs for more than 2,800 workers in the city.  The largest private employer is Wisconsin Physicians Service, an insurance company with more than 3,100 workers.  Madison’s other major industries include the production of batteries, dairy equipment, and hospital supplies. 
 
Railroad freight lines and bus and trucking companies serve Madison.  Airlines use Dane County Regional Airport on Madison’s east side. 
 
Government and history.  Madison has a mayor-council form of government.  Voters elect the mayor and the 20-member Common Council to two-year terms. 
 
Winnebago Indians lived in what is now the Madison area before white settlers came.  In 1835, the site was bought by James D. Doty, a federal judge who later became governor of the Wisconsin Territory, and Stevens T. Mason, the governor of Michigan Territory .  In 1836, the first Wisconsin Territory legislature made Madison the capital, even though the community did not yet exist.  Its first white settlers, Eben and Rosaline Peck, arrived from nearby Blue Mounds in 1837.  They erected a hotel for the workers who built the first Capitol. 
 
Madison began functioning as the capital in 1838 and continued when Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848.  It was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626.  In 1856, it became a city.  By then, the population was about 9,500.  By 1900, Madison had 19,164 people. 
 
The Oscar Mayer company opened its meat-packing plant in the city in 1919 and helped make Madison a major food-processing center.  During the 1920′s, the city became the headquarters of the Progressive Party, led by the La Follette family of Madison.  This party pioneered in social reform legislation. 
 
During the 1960′s, a rapid increase in employment by the federal, state, and municipal governments in Madison created a population boom.  Since the early 1970′s, many buildings in downtown Madison have been rehabilitated.  One major rehabilitation project was the creation of the Civic Center, a performing arts complex completed in 1980.  Part of the center was established in a 50-year-old theater and a former department store.  The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, completed in 1997, was built according to plans by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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, (pop. 191,262; met. area pop. 367,085), is the capital and second largest city of the state.  Only has more people.  is the home of the largest campus of the University of Wisconsin System.  It also is a center of medicine, dairy-based agribusiness, and recreation.  is the trade center of a rich agricultural region.  It lies in south-central Wisconsin.  
 
Downtown Madison lies between Lakes Mendota and Monona, and Lake Wingra is in the western part of the city.  These lakes help make Madison one of the nation’s most beautiful state capitals. 
 
Two land investors, James D. Doty and Stevens T. Mason, founded Madison in 1836.  They named it for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.  They chose the site because its lakes provided scenic beauty. 
 
Description.  Madison covers about 62 square miles (100 square kilometers), including about 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of inland water.  It is the county seat of Dane County.  Madison’s metropolitan area includes the county–1,233 square miles (3,193 square kilometers).  The dome of the white granite State Capitol towers 286 feet (87 meters) above the heart of downtown Madison.  Federal, state, and municipal government buildings stand nearby.  The University of Wisconsin campus lies about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) west of the Capitol on the south shore of Lake Mendota. 
 
Madison’s public school system includes 29 elemen-tary schools, 9 middle schools, and 4 high schools.  The Madison Public Library consists of a main library and seven branch libraries.  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the nation’s largest universities.  The city is also the home of Edgewood College and the Madison Area Technical College.  Madison serves as a medical center, with the University Medical School, three hospitals, and a number of clinics. 
 
The city’s cultural attractions include the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Museum of Art, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, and the Madison Civic Center.  The Civic Center includes two theaters and the Madison Art Center, an art gallery.  The University of Wisconsin also operates the 1,200-acre (486-hectare) Arboretum in Madison.  The zoo is in Henry Vilas Park.  Lakes in and near Madison provide boating, fishing, water-skiing, and swimming. 
 
Economy of Madison depends heavily on government operations and on trade.  Federal, state, and local government agencies and the University of Wisconsin employ about a third of Dane County’s workers.  Another third hold jobs in retail and wholesale trade and in such services as finance, insurance, and research.  The city has over 100 research and testing laboratories. 
 
About a tenth of the county’s workers are employed in the area’s more than 400 manufacturing plants.  Farming and cattle raising in the area have helped make food processing the city’s largest industry.  Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, one of the nation’s biggest meat-packing firms, is one of the city’s largest private employers.  It provides jobs for more than 2,800 workers in the city.  The largest private employer is Wisconsin Physicians Service, an insurance company with more than 3,100 workers.  Madison’s other major industries include the production of batteries, dairy equipment, and hospital supplies. 
 
Railroad freight lines and bus and trucking companies serve Madison.  Airlines use Dane County Regional Airport on Madison’s east side. 
 
Government and history.  Madison has a mayor-council form of government.  Voters elect the mayor and the 20-member Common Council to two-year terms. 
 
Winnebago Indians lived in what is now the Madison area before white settlers came.  In 1835, the site was bought by James D. Doty, a federal judge who later became governor of the Wisconsin Territory, and Stevens T. Mason, the governor of Michigan Territory .  In 1836, the first Wisconsin Territory legislature made Madison the capital, even though the community did not yet exist.  Its first white settlers, Eben and Rosaline Peck, arrived from nearby Blue Mounds in 1837.  They erected a hotel for the workers who built the first Capitol. 
 
Madison began functioning as the capital in 1838 and continued when Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848.  It was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626.  In 1856, it became a city.  By then, the population was about 9,500.  By 1900, Madison had 19,164 people. 
 
The Oscar Mayer company opened its meat-packing plant in the city in 1919 and helped make Madison a major food-processing center.  During the 1920′s, the city became the headquarters of the Progressive Party, led by the La Follette family of Madison.  This party pioneered in social reform legislation. 
 
During the 1960′s, a rapid increase in employment by the federal, state, and municipal governments in Madison created a population boom.  Since the early 1970′s, many buildings in downtown Madison have been rehabilitated.  One major rehabilitation project was the creation of the Civic Center, a performing arts complex completed in 1980.  Part of the center was established in a 50-year-old theater and a former department store.  The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, completed in 1997, was built according to plans by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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, (pop. 191,262; met. area pop. 367,085), is the capital and second largest city of the state.  Only has more people.  Madison is the home of the largest campus of the University of System.  It also is a center of medicine, dairy-based agribusiness, and recreation.  Madison is the trade center of a rich agricultural region.  It lies in south-central .  
 
Downtown Madison lies between Lakes Mendota and Monona, and Lake Wingra is in the western part of the city.  These lakes help make Madison one of the nation’s most beautiful state capitals. 
 
Two land investors, James D. Doty and Stevens T. Mason, founded Madison in 1836.  They named it for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.  They chose the site because its lakes provided scenic beauty. 
 
Description.  Madison covers about 62 square miles (100 square kilometers), including about 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of inland water.  It is the county seat of Dane County.  Madison’s metropolitan area includes the county–1,233 square miles (3,193 square kilometers).  The dome of the white granite State Capitol towers 286 feet (87 meters) above the heart of downtown Madison.  Federal, state, and municipal government buildings stand nearby.  The University of Wisconsin campus lies about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) west of the Capitol on the south shore of Lake Mendota. 
 
Madison’s public school system includes 29 elemen-tary schools, 9 middle schools, and 4 high schools.  The Madison Public Library consists of a main library and seven branch libraries.  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the nation’s largest universities.  The city is also the home of Edgewood College and the Madison Area Technical College.  Madison serves as a medical center, with the University Medical School, three hospitals, and a number of clinics. 
 
The city’s cultural attractions include the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Museum of Art, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, and the Madison Civic Center.  The Civic Center includes two theaters and the Madison Art Center, an art gallery.  The University of Wisconsin also operates the 1,200-acre (486-hectare) Arboretum in Madison.  The zoo is in Henry Vilas Park.  Lakes in and near Madison provide boating, fishing, water-skiing, and swimming. 
 
Economy of Madison depends heavily on government operations and on trade.  Federal, state, and local government agencies and the University of Wisconsin employ about a third of Dane County’s workers.  Another third hold jobs in retail and wholesale trade and in such services as finance, insurance, and research.  The city has over 100 research and testing laboratories. 
 
About a tenth of the county’s workers are employed in the area’s more than 400 manufacturing plants.  Farming and cattle raising in the area have helped make food processing the city’s largest industry.  Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, one of the nation’s biggest meat-packing firms, is one of the city’s largest private employers.  It provides jobs for more than 2,800 workers in the city.  The largest private employer is Wisconsin Physicians Service, an insurance company with more than 3,100 workers.  Madison’s other major industries include the production of batteries, dairy equipment, and hospital supplies. 
 
Railroad freight lines and bus and trucking companies serve Madison.  Airlines use Dane County Regional Airport on Madison’s east side. 
 
Government and history.  Madison has a mayor-council form of government.  Voters elect the mayor and the 20-member Common Council to two-year terms. 
 
Winnebago Indians lived in what is now the Madison area before white settlers came.  In 1835, the site was bought by James D. Doty, a federal judge who later became governor of the Wisconsin Territory, and Stevens T. Mason, the governor of Michigan Territory .  In 1836, the first Wisconsin Territory legislature made Madison the capital, even though the community did not yet exist.  Its first white settlers, Eben and Rosaline Peck, arrived from nearby Blue Mounds in 1837.  They erected a hotel for the workers who built the first Capitol. 
 
Madison began functioning as the capital in 1838 and continued when Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848.  It was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626.  In 1856, it became a city.  By then, the population was about 9,500.  By 1900, Madison had 19,164 people. 
 
The Oscar Mayer company opened its meat-packing plant in the city in 1919 and helped make Madison a major food-processing center.  During the 1920′s, the city became the headquarters of the Progressive Party, led by the La Follette family of Madison.  This party pioneered in social reform legislation. 
 
During the 1960′s, a rapid increase in employment by the federal, state, and municipal governments in Madison created a population boom.  Since the early 1970′s, many buildings in downtown Madison have been rehabilitated.  One major rehabilitation project was the creation of the Civic Center, a performing arts complex completed in 1980.  Part of the center was established in a 50-year-old theater and a former department store.  The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, completed in 1997, was built according to plans by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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, (pop. 191,262; met. area pop. 367,085), is the capital and second largest city of the state.  Only has more people.  is the home of the largest campus of the University of Wisconsin System.  It also is a center of medicine, dairy-based agribusiness, and recreation.  is the trade center of a rich agricultural region.  It lies in south-central Wisconsin.  
 
Downtown Madison lies between Lakes Mendota and Monona, and Lake Wingra is in the western part of the city.  These lakes help make Madison one of the nation’s most beautiful state capitals. 
 
Two land investors, James D. Doty and Stevens T. Mason, founded Madison in 1836.  They named it for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.  They chose the site because its lakes provided scenic beauty. 
 
Description.  Madison covers about 62 square miles (100 square kilometers), including about 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of inland water.  It is the county seat of Dane County.  Madison’s metropolitan area includes the county–1,233 square miles (3,193 square kilometers).  The dome of the white granite State Capitol towers 286 feet (87 meters) above the heart of downtown Madison.  Federal, state, and municipal government buildings stand nearby.  The University of Wisconsin campus lies about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) west of the Capitol on the south shore of Lake Mendota. 
 
Madison’s public school system includes 29 elemen-tary schools, 9 middle schools, and 4 high schools.  The Madison Public Library consists of a main library and seven branch libraries.  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the nation’s largest universities.  The city is also the home of Edgewood College and the Madison Area Technical College.  Madison serves as a medical center, with the University Medical School, three hospitals, and a number of clinics. 
 
The city’s cultural attractions include the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Museum of Art, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, and the Madison Civic Center.  The Civic Center includes two theaters and the Madison Art Center, an art gallery.  The University of Wisconsin also operates the 1,200-acre (486-hectare) Arboretum in Madison.  The zoo is in Henry Vilas Park.  Lakes in and near Madison provide boating, fishing, water-skiing, and swimming. 
 
Economy of Madison depends heavily on government operations and on trade.  Federal, state, and local government agencies and the University of Wisconsin employ about a third of Dane County’s workers.  Another third hold jobs in retail and wholesale trade and in such services as finance, insurance, and research.  The city has over 100 research and testing laboratories. 
 
About a tenth of the county’s workers are employed in the area’s more than 400 manufacturing plants.  Farming and cattle raising in the area have helped make food processing the city’s largest industry.  Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, one of the nation’s biggest meat-packing firms, is one of the city’s largest private employers.  It provides jobs for more than 2,800 workers in the city.  The largest private employer is Wisconsin Physicians Service, an insurance company with more than 3,100 workers.  Madison’s other major industries include the production of batteries, dairy equipment, and hospital supplies. 
 
Railroad freight lines and bus and trucking companies serve Madison.  Airlines use Dane County Regional Airport on Madison’s east side. 
 
Government and history.  Madison has a mayor-council form of government.  Voters elect the mayor and the 20-member Common Council to two-year terms. 
 
Winnebago Indians lived in what is now the Madison area before white settlers came.  In 1835, the site was bought by James D. Doty, a federal judge who later became governor of the Wisconsin Territory, and Stevens T. Mason, the governor of Michigan Territory .  In 1836, the first Wisconsin Territory legislature made Madison the capital, even though the community did not yet exist.  Its first white settlers, Eben and Rosaline Peck, arrived from nearby Blue Mounds in 1837.  They erected a hotel for the workers who built the first Capitol. 
 
Madison began functioning as the capital in 1838 and continued when Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848.  It was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626.  In 1856, it became a city.  By then, the population was about 9,500.  By 1900, Madison had 19,164 people. 
 
The Oscar Mayer company opened its meat-packing plant in the city in 1919 and helped make Madison a major food-processing center.  During the 1920′s, the city became the headquarters of the Progressive Party, led by the La Follette family of Madison.  This party pioneered in social reform legislation. 
 
During the 1960′s, a rapid increase in employment by the federal, state, and municipal governments in Madison created a population boom.  Since the early 1970′s, many buildings in downtown Madison have been rehabilitated.  One major rehabilitation project was the creation of the Civic Center, a performing arts complex completed in 1980.  Part of the center was established in a 50-year-old theater and a former department store.  The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, completed in 1997, was built according to plans by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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, (pop. 191,262; met. area pop. 367,085), is the capital and second largest city of the state.  Only has more people.  is the home of the largest campus of the University of Wisconsin System.  It also is a center of medicine, dairy-based agribusiness, and recreation.  is the trade center of a rich agricultural region.  It lies in south-central Wisconsin.  
 
Downtown Madison lies between Lakes Mendota and Monona, and Lake Wingra is in the western part of the city.  These lakes help make Madison one of the nation’s most beautiful state capitals. 
 
Two land investors, James D. Doty and Stevens T. Mason, founded Madison in 1836.  They named it for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.  They chose the site because its lakes provided scenic beauty. 
 
Description.  Madison covers about 62 square miles (100 square kilometers), including about 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of inland water.  It is the county seat of Dane County.  Madison’s metropolitan area includes the county–1,233 square miles (3,193 square kilometers).  The dome of the white granite State Capitol towers 286 feet (87 meters) above the heart of downtown Madison.  Federal, state, and municipal government buildings stand nearby.  The University of Wisconsin campus lies about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) west of the Capitol on the south shore of Lake Mendota. 
 
Madison’s public school system includes 29 elemen-tary schools, 9 middle schools, and 4 high schools.  The Madison Public Library consists of a main library and seven branch libraries.  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the nation’s largest universities.  The city is also the home of Edgewood College and the Madison Area Technical College.  Madison serves as a medical center, with the University Medical School, three hospitals, and a number of clinics. 
 
The city’s cultural attractions include the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Museum of Art, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, and the Madison Civic Center.  The Civic Center includes two theaters and the Madison Art Center, an art gallery.  The University of Wisconsin also operates the 1,200-acre (486-hectare) Arboretum in Madison.  The zoo is in Henry Vilas Park.  Lakes in and near Madison provide boating, fishing, water-skiing, and swimming. 
 
Economy of Madison depends heavily on government operations and on trade.  Federal, state, and local government agencies and the University of Wisconsin employ about a third of Dane County’s workers.  Another third hold jobs in retail and wholesale trade and in such services as finance, insurance, and research.  The city has over 100 research and testing laboratories. 
 
About a tenth of the county’s workers are employed in the area’s more than 400 manufacturing plants.  Farming and cattle raising in the area have helped make food processing the city’s largest industry.  Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, one of the nation’s biggest meat-packing firms, is one of the city’s largest private employers.  It provides jobs for more than 2,800 workers in the city.  The largest private employer is Wisconsin Physicians Service, an insurance company with more than 3,100 workers.  Madison’s other major industries include the production of batteries, dairy equipment, and hospital supplies. 
 
Railroad freight lines and bus and trucking companies serve Madison.  Airlines use Dane County Regional Airport on Madison’s east side. 
 
Government and history.  Madison has a mayor-council form of government.  Voters elect the mayor and the 20-member Common Council to two-year terms. 
 
Winnebago Indians lived in what is now the Madison area before white settlers came.  In 1835, the site was bought by James D. Doty, a federal judge who later became governor of the Wisconsin Territory, and Stevens T. Mason, the governor of Michigan Territory .  In 1836, the first Wisconsin Territory legislature made Madison the capital, even though the community did not yet exist.  Its first white settlers, Eben and Rosaline Peck, arrived from nearby Blue Mounds in 1837.  They erected a hotel for the workers who built the first Capitol. 
 
Madison began functioning as the capital in 1838 and continued when Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848.  It was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626.  In 1856, it became a city.  By then, the population was about 9,500.  By 1900, Madison had 19,164 people. 
 
The Oscar Mayer company opened its meat-packing plant in the city in 1919 and helped make Madison a major food-processing center.  During the 1920′s, the city became the headquarters of the Progressive Party, led by the La Follette family of Madison.  This party pioneered in social reform legislation. 
 
During the 1960′s, a rapid increase in employment by the federal, state, and municipal governments in Madison created a population boom.  Since the early 1970′s, many buildings in downtown Madison have been rehabilitated.  One major rehabilitation project was the creation of the Civic Center, a performing arts complex completed in 1980.  Part of the center was established in a 50-year-old theater and a former department store.  The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, completed in 1997, was built according to plans by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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, (pop. 191,262; met. area pop. 367,085), is the capital and second largest city of the state.  Only has more people.  Madison is the home of the largest campus of the University of Wisconsin System.  It also is a center of medicine, dairy-based agribusiness, and recreation.  Madison is the trade center of a rich agricultural region.  It lies in south-central Wisconsin.  
 
Downtown Madison lies between Lakes Mendota and Monona, and Lake Wingra is in the western part of the city.  These lakes help make Madison one of the nation’s most beautiful state capitals. 
 
Two land investors, James D. Doty and Stevens T. Mason, founded Madison in 1836.  They named it for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.  They chose the site because its lakes provided scenic beauty. 
 
Description.  Madison covers about 62 square miles (100 square kilometers), including about 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of inland water.  It is the county seat of Dane County.  Madison’s metropolitan area includes the county–1,233 square miles (3,193 square kilometers).  The dome of the white granite State Capitol towers 286 feet (87 meters) above the heart of downtown Madison.  Federal, state, and municipal government buildings stand nearby.  The University of Wisconsin campus lies about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) west of the Capitol on the south shore of Lake Mendota. 
 
Madison’s public school system includes 29 elemen-tary schools, 9 middle schools, and 4 high schools.  The Madison Public Library consists of a main library and seven branch libraries.  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the nation’s largest universities.  The city is also the home of Edgewood College and the Madison Area Technical College.  Madison serves as a medical center, with the University Medical School, three hospitals, and a number of clinics. 
 
The city’s cultural attractions include the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Museum of Art, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, and the Madison Civic Center.  The Civic Center includes two theaters and the Madison Art Center, an art gallery.  The University of Wisconsin also operates the 1,200-acre (486-hectare) Arboretum in Madison.  The zoo is in Henry Vilas Park.  Lakes in and near Madison provide boating, fishing, water-skiing, and swimming. 
 
Economy of Madison depends heavily on government operations and on trade.  Federal, state, and local government agencies and the University of Wisconsin employ about a third of Dane County’s workers.  Another third hold jobs in retail and wholesale trade and in such services as finance, insurance, and research.  The city has over 100 research and testing laboratories. 
 
About a tenth of the county’s workers are employed in the area’s more than 400 manufacturing plants.  Farming and cattle raising in the area have helped make food processing the city’s largest industry.  Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, one of the nation’s biggest meat-packing firms, is one of the city’s largest private employers.  It provides jobs for more than 2,800 workers in the city.  The largest private employer is Wisconsin Physicians Service, an insurance company with more than 3,100 workers.  Madison’s other major industries include the production of batteries, dairy equipment, and hospital supplies. 
 
Railroad freight lines and bus and trucking companies serve Madison.  Airlines use Dane County Regional Airport on Madison’s east side. 
 
Government and history.  Madison has a mayor-council form of government.  Voters elect the mayor and the 20-member Common Council to two-year terms. 
 
Winnebago Indians lived in what is now the Madison area before white settlers came.  In 1835, the site was bought by James D. Doty, a federal judge who later became governor of the Wisconsin Territory, and Stevens T. Mason, the governor of Michigan Territory .  In 1836, the first Wisconsin Territory legislature made Madison the capital, even though the community did not yet exist.  Its first white settlers, Eben and Rosaline Peck, arrived from nearby Blue Mounds in 1837.  They erected a hotel for the workers who built the first Capitol. 
 
Madison began functioning as the capital in 1838 and continued when Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848.  It was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626.  In 1856, it became a city.  By then, the population was about 9,500.  By 1900, Madison had 19,164 people. 
 
The Oscar Mayer company opened its meat-packing plant in the city in 1919 and helped make Madison a major food-processing center.  During the 1920′s, the city became the headquarters of the Progressive Party, led by the La Follette family of Madison.  This party pioneered in social reform legislation. 
 
During the 1960′s, a rapid increase in employment by the federal, state, and municipal governments in Madison created a population boom.  Since the early 1970′s, many buildings in downtown Madison have been rehabilitated.  One major rehabilitation project was the creation of the Civic Center, a performing arts complex completed in 1980.  Part of the center was established in a 50-year-old theater and a former department store.  The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, completed in 1997, was built according to plans by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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