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How did Columbia become the state capital? WIS Explains
Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 8:06 PM EDT
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By
Dylan Collins
,
Cynthia Beasley
and
Russ Congdon
Historians say virtually none of modern day Columbia would be what it is without the giant stone building in the middle of it all — the state house.
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