PERU – THE STATE CAPITAL OF WISCONSIN?

In Volume 2, Page 31, of Judge Elisha Keyes’s 1906 “History of Dane County” he writes:

“The contest waged in (1836) the selecting of the seat of government was termed a pretty fight even in these days of sharp contests. The places voted for were Fond du Lac,…Portage, Belmont, ..Racine…Koshkonong…and Peru.”