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Old Posted Apr 15, 2021, 4:57 AM
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Cool! A ghost-town former state capital.

My how urban fortunes can change.

Kaskaskia, IL ain't far behind at this point.
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Fuck it, move Ohio's back to Chillicothe. Maybe they'll get a decent-looking capitol building this time around.
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Old Posted Apr 15, 2021, 3:23 PM
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The Utah Territorial Statehouse is still standing in Fillmore, population 2,435, from its brief stint as capital of Utah.


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If Fillmore had stayed the capital, the plan was to integrate the existing building into this:


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Old Posted Apr 15, 2021, 3:55 PM
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Oregon's more conventional capitol building burned down in 1935.


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Construction on the new capitol building started in the depths of the Great Depression in 1936, and was complete in 1938:


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The Art Deco design was picked out of 125 possibilities, and the federal Works Progress Administration paid for 45% of it:


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Such a shame that Oregon lost the original building and got stuck with this mess.
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Old Posted Apr 15, 2021, 4:28 PM
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Cool! A ghost-town former state capital.

My how urban fortunes can change.

Kaskaskia, IL ain't far behind at this point.
Kaskaskia would be a super awkward capital considering it isn’t even on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River anymore.
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I vow to never rest until the state of Illinois comes to its fucking senses and moves the capital out of Springfield......


..... and returns it to its rightful home in Kaskaskia!



It's located on one of those oddball pieces of illinois that's now actually west of the mississippi river thanks to changes in the river's channel.
Yeah, not a great spot for a capital city is it. It would dethrone Juneau as the worst location for a state capital.


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I think it would have been cool if Arizona's capital remained in Prescott. The territorial capital bounced around a few times, from Prescott to Tucson to Prescott. Tucson was the largest city at the time, but it wasn't the most desirable because of strong Confederate and Mexican influences. The southern part of the territory sided with the Confederates so it was decided to establish the first capital of AZ in Prescott.

There was a proposal to have the capital placed in La Paz county along the California border and at the confluence of the Salt and Verde Rivers which would be in present day Tonto National Forest and Indian Reservation lands.
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That would be cool (the Prescott idea, not the La Paz one ).

I always thought that Phoenix was in the middle of Arizona, but looking at the map, it does look like Prescott is more central.
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That would be cool (the Prescott idea, not the La Paz one ).

My outsider perspective seems to think that Phoenix is a near-perfect location for the capital, but if locals think that Prescott is better, more power to you!
Prescott is geographically centered in the state and the physical setting is beautiful, however Phoenix is population centered. 85% of the state's population is metro Phoenix and south (including Yuma).
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Dang, you replied before I was able to edit my comment.
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Dang, you replied before I was able to edit my comment.
I was surprised to see a reply to my reply, so I replied!
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Yeah, not a great spot for a capital city is it. It would dethrone Juneau as the worst location for a state capital.


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Is it normal for a river to be displaced that quickly? Seems drastic for a few decades.
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Old Posted Apr 16, 2021, 1:13 AM
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I don't think the Mississippi shifts that dramatically, although there are quite a few spots where the river has jumped the border. It's worse in the lower Mississippi where it's flatter and the river meanders a lot more. The terrain view highlights just how poorly located Kaskaskia is, right in the middle of the flood plain, and also reminds us that the Mississippi isn't a completely wild river like the river in Peru in that gif. You could see the levees protecting Kaskaskia and keeping the river contained in its current path.

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Is it normal for a river to be displaced that quickly? Seems drastic for a few decades.
I think keeping the river in its course is what's abnormal. An oldie but a goodie: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1...23/atchafalaya
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