The Wisconsin Supreme Court, about 1893. Seated behind the bench are Chief Justice William P. Lyon (center), Harlow S. Orton, J.B. Cassoday, John Winslow and Silas U. Pinney. Orton and Pinney were former Madison mayors. WHi(X3)45456

Some twenty different stage lines, and the railroads to several points daily bring in and carry out hundreds of travelers, which with the numerous attendance upon the various State and United States Courts held at the Capital, some of which are in session the greater part of the year, cause a very lively and pleasant diversity in the society and business of that place. Western Gazette, 1854

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