Encyclopedia Dubuque - User contributions [en]

BURT, James

2008-07-14T02:57:17Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BURT, James. (Schenectady, NY, Feb. 1810--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 7, 1886). MAYOR. Burt served two terms as an alderman and held the office of mayor in 1871. Considered a leading member of the b...

BURT, James. (Schenectady, NY, Feb. 1810--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 7, 1886). MAYOR. Burt served two terms as an alderman and held the office of mayor in 1871. Considered a leading member of the bar, Burt served as a judge for eight years. Fluent in several languages, he was often employed as an interpreter in court proceedings.

BURCH, George Benjamin

2008-07-14T02:46:11Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BURCH, George Benjamin. (Lyons, NY, Mar. 22, 1836-Dubuque, IA, May 2, 1901). MAYOR. Burch, mayor in 1876 and re-elected in 1877 and 1878, entered the LUMBER BUSINESS in Dubuque with J. W. ...

BURCH, George Benjamin. (Lyons, NY, Mar. 22, 1836-Dubuque, IA, May 2, 1901). MAYOR. Burch, mayor in 1876 and re-elected in 1877 and 1878, entered the LUMBER BUSINESS in Dubuque with J. W. Babcock, but later sold his interest and moved to Wisconsin. Returning to Dubuque in 1869, Burch re-entered the lumber industry.

Burch became president of the SECOND NATIONAL BANK in 1844 and held the office until his death. He was also president of the Dubuque and Northwestern Railway; director of the NORWEGIAN PLOW COMPANY and the High Bridge Company; and trustee of the FINLEY HOSPITAL, CARNEGIE STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY, Y.M.C.A. and the HOME OF THE FRIENDLESS.

BUNGALOW ARCHITECTURE

2008-07-14T02:42:54Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BUNGALOW ARCHITECTURE. Style noted for simplicity and economical construction (standardized plans were available for five dollars), Bungalow architecture was popular in the United States f...

BUNGALOW ARCHITECTURE. Style noted for simplicity and economical construction (standardized plans were available for five dollars), Bungalow architecture was popular in the United States from 1890 to 1940.

The word "bungalow" comes from a Hindu word ''bangla'' that was used by the British in India to mean a "seasonal house suitable for warm climates." Although homes of this style do not generally look Indian, the typical low open porches do suggest the tropical origin of the style. Typical homes have one story with gently pitched broad gables. An open or screened porch is generally covered with a lower gable. Rafters and ridge beams extend beyond the wall and roof. Chimneys are usually constructed of rough-faced brick or cobblestone.

BUDDE, Linda

2008-07-14T02:39:54Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BUDDE, Linda. (Dubuque, IA- ). First female president of the Iowa Bankers Mortgage Association. In 1990 Budde, former president of the Dubuque Chapter of Women in Management, was vice-pres...

BUDDE, Linda. (Dubuque, IA- ). First female president of the Iowa Bankers Mortgage Association. In 1990 Budde, former president of the Dubuque Chapter of Women in Management, was vice-president and manager of the residential real estate loan department at FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

Considered an expert on loans involving the Veterans Administration and Federal Housing Administration, Budde began in the banking industry as a general bookkeeper. She posted real estate mortgages to ledger cards and calculated interest rates at AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK after graduation from DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. In addition to her career, Budde has served on the boards of the Dubuque Board of Realtors and the DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

An activist in community organizations, Budde served as chairwoman of the Trades and Industry Crusade Campaign of the Dubuque County Chapter of the American Cancer Society and was a chapter president. She also served as a member of the RESURRECTION CATHOLIC CHURCH Parish Council, management advisory council of the Northeast Iowa Community College, and the Dubuque County Eminent Domain Compensation Board.

An active fund-raiser, Budde has assisted the efforts of the DUBUQUE SYMPHONY, United Way, National Council for Youth Leadership, Stonehill Care Center, Y.W.CA., and the Dubuque Chapter of the American Cancer Society.

Respected among her peers in the banking business, Budde received the Charlotte Danstrom Women of Achievement Award in 1986 for the corporate division from the Dubuque Chapter of Women in Management.

BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2008-07-14T02:36:23Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Originally known as the South Dodge Street School. The wooden structure built in 1865 along Mt. Loretta Avenue, was renamed on December 23, 1889, following the de...

BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Originally known as the South Dodge Street School. The wooden structure built in 1865 along Mt. Loretta Avenue, was renamed on December 23, 1889, following the desire of the board of education to name all the buildings in honor of famous Americans.

A petition to build a new Bryant School was filed on October 6, 1916. Another, filed with the board on February 6, 1918, was rejected as being inadequate and not in legal form. Bryant was finally chosen for replacement in 1938. It was then the oldest school in the district. The modern Bryant School was accepted by the board on February 23, 1940. It opened for classes on April 9, 1940.

BRODERICK, James Lonsdale

2008-07-14T02:30:25Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BRODERICK, James Lonsdale. (Swaledale, England--Swaledale, England, 1886). Land agent. Broderick came to Dubuque in 1876 as the administrator of Edward Montagu Stuart Granville Montagu-Stu...

BRODERICK, James Lonsdale. (Swaledale, England--Swaledale, England, 1886). Land agent. Broderick came to Dubuque in 1876 as the administrator of Edward Montagu Stuart Granville Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, First Earl of Wharncliffe, First Viscount Carlton and Third Baron Wharncliffe, an English noble with an annual income in excess of one million dollars. Broderick visited British emigrants who had moved to this city and observed life in America.

Broderick thought it odd that horses were tied and left unguarded while their owners went to market. He also found strange the fact that mine shafts were left carelessly open allowing cattle and horses to stumble into them. Broderick found the hog slaughtering plant of William RYAN an interesting place because of its size, but definitely not a place he ever wanted to revisit. Broderick reported that a ritual of the upper class on New Year's called for groups of from three to six gentlemen to call upon groups of three to six ladies and exchange cards on which they had written their names and "Happy New Year."

Broderick rejected Dubuque's religious life and believed the people he met ate too much. He marveled at the crowds caused by the appearance of Tom Thumb and the availability of three-dollar farmland. Broderick returned to England carrying many messages for the relatives of those he had met.

BRIGGS, Ansel

2008-07-14T02:29:22Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BRIGGS, Ansel. (VT, Feb. 3, 1806--IA, May 5, 1881). Iowa's first governor. Briggs successfully operated a stage and mail route over the OLD MILITARY ROAD between Dubuque and Burlington, Io...

BRIGGS, Ansel. (VT, Feb. 3, 1806--IA, May 5, 1881). Iowa's first governor. Briggs successfully operated a stage and mail route over the OLD MILITARY ROAD between Dubuque and Burlington, Iowa, before his election to public office. Briggs owned two jerkies, a two-horse rig capable of carrying five passengers, and a Concord coach that carried nine passengers.

Jerkies made the run to and from Dubuque once a week at a cost of three dollars per passenger with baggage charged extra. Briggs was one of the few Iowa stagecoach operators who could afford to own a Concord coach.

BRIDGES

2008-07-14T02:28:39Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BRIDGES (highway). The first bridge to span the MISSISSIPPI RIVER was the DUBUQUE WAGON BRIDGE or "high bridge" which opened in 1887 south of the Illinois Central Bridge. The EAGLE POINT B...

BRIDGES (highway). The first bridge to span the MISSISSIPPI RIVER was the DUBUQUE WAGON BRIDGE or "high bridge" which opened in 1887 south of the Illinois Central Bridge. The EAGLE POINT BRIDGE opened in May 1902. The JULIEN DUBUQUE BRIDGE was opened on August 31, 1943. The new DUBUQUE-WISCONSIN BRIDGE opened in 1988.

BRICK MANUFACTURING

2008-07-14T02:27:35Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BRICK MANUFACTURING. See: HEIM, John L.

BRICK MANUFACTURING. See: HEIM, John L.

BREWERIES

2008-07-14T02:27:01Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BREWERIES. In 1990 DUBUQUE STAR BREWERY owned by ZELE BREWING COMPANY was the oldest company of its kind operating in Iowa. It is unsure who produced the first beer in Dubuque. Mathias TSC...

BREWERIES. In 1990 DUBUQUE STAR BREWERY owned by ZELE BREWING COMPANY was the oldest company of its kind operating in Iowa. It is unsure who produced the first beer in Dubuque. Mathias TSCHIRGI claimed to have made the first commercial brew in May 1846. Anton HEEB reportedly brewed beer in Dubuque between 1844 and 1846. By 1847 Heeb controlled the brewery that Anton Gehrig and Tschirgi had begun. The Heeb Brewery was expanded in 1856 and 1860. By 1880 Heeb's annual income was estimated at $60,000. Seven hundred barrels of beer were produced every twenty-five days with a crew of fourteen workmen.

Tschirgi briefly operated a brewery outside of Dubuque before returning to the city in 1849. He constructed a brewery on Julien Avenue and then sold the company five years later to the firm of Kurtz and Welder. With Jacob SCHWIND, he opened the WESTERN BREWERY. Valued in 1880 at $100,000, the brewery produced three hundred barrels of beer per week. Both the Heeb and Western breweries were later part of the merger that resulted in the DUBUQUE BREWING AND MALTING COMPANY in 1892.

In 1852 the City Brewery was established by Ignatz Seegar. Around 1855 he sold the brewery to the Dubuque Joint Stock Beer Brewing Company for an estimated $24,000. Ambrose Gleed leased the brewery in 1873 and operated it for three years. In 1878 the company was sold under foreclosure proceedings to John Pier for seven thousand dollars. Within two years, he was employing six men at the renamed Key City Brewery and brewing ten barrels of beer daily.

In 1855 a brewery known as Titus Schmid and Company was opened on Couler Avenue. The SCHMID BREWERY was the first to locally bottle beer for drinking at home. This business was later renamed the IOWA BREWERY.

A local controversy arose in 1858 when tavern owners complained that local breweries were not filling the barrels. A committee to investigate the charges was appointed by Mayor Henry S. Hetherington.

PEASLEE'S ALE COMPANY was founded in 1866. Adam GLAB constructed the NORTHERN BREWING COMPANY the same year. Fourteen years later, the Glib brewery was annually producing five thousand barrels of beer. In 1892 Glab's operation became part of the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company.

Local beer dealers complained in 1868 about the high prices charged by the local breweries. A committee was established to investigate the possibility of opening a brewery managed by the dealers themselves. Fifty thousand dollars to start the cooperative was to be raised by the sale of stock at $100 per share. No record exists of such a business ever being established.

Nine breweries existed in Dubuque in 1869. This number decreased to four by 1877.

The consolidation of four of Dubuque's major breweries in 1892 to form the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company created one of the Midwest's premier beer-brewing companies. The first brew was in the barrels by January 1896. On May 17, an open house at the company was held with six thousand invitations issued to out-of-state residents. A general invitation was issued to all Dubuque residents. Three bands performed, an army of waiters served refreshments, and officers of the company gave tours. When PROHIBITION was declared on December 31, 1916, and the company was closed the firm was the employer of more than two hundred people. The company never recovered despite repeal of the law.

The DUBUQUE STAR BREWING COMPANY was incorporated on May 6, 1898. The directors included Joseph H. RHOMBERG, president; John P. Page, vice-president; Ferdinand Broell, secretary-treasurer; Gustav H. Hesselman; and John Fritz. To encourage sale of their product, the brewery owned many taverns in Dubuque. This practice was eventually ended when the brewery was forced to divest itself of the taverns to avoid potential legal action under anti-trust laws.

The brewery produced Gold Star and Silver Star beers and after 1909 acted as the Dubuque agent for Anheuser-Busch products. Dubuque Star also closed with Prohibition, but later reopened with its officers being Alphons L. RHOMBERG, president; Joseph W. Rhomberg, vice-president; and J. Anthony Rhomberg, secretary-treasurer.

After a series of sales and the end of Zele Brewing Company in Dubuque, the future of the brewery was unsure. In November 1991, Mark Lousberg announced the first bottles of Rhomberg Amber would be ready for sale. The Rhomberg label had not been used in Dubuque since Zele had concentrated on brewing contract labels. Rhomberg had been a popular beer when marketed in selected Midwestern cities and Connecticut during the mid1980s. During a beer tasting sponsored by the Chicago Tribune in 1985, Rhomberg scored second in a field of seventeen beers. Lousberg announced that the Rhomberg label would first be marketed in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

BOY SCOUTS

2008-07-13T23:33:02Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BOY SCOUTS. Dubuque's first two troops of Scouts were organized soon after the arrival of a representative from the national office in August 1911. Due to lack of cooperation and interest,...

BOY SCOUTS. Dubuque's first two troops of Scouts were organized soon after the arrival of a representative from the national office in August 1911. Due to lack of cooperation and interest, these troops gradually disbanded.

Interest was revived in 1916 when local businessmen organized and hired a Scout executive, Walter Gunn. Fired with enthusiasm, Gunn organized troop after troop so that by 1919 Dubuque had 525 registered Scouts.

In 1930 financial security came to scouting when it became part of the Community Chest collection. Local scouts also benefited by the donation of a rugged and heavily wooded campsite south of Durango from the Wallis family. The site, known as Camp Burton, was named after a Wallis uncle.

In 1921 Lynn Osborne became the first Dubuque Council scout to earn the Eagle Scout designation, the highest rank a boy can earn. [[VANCE, Janet|Janet VANCE]] became the first woman in Iowa to be inducted into the Brotherhood of the Arrow.

BOWLING

2008-07-13T22:51:07Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BOWLING (records). The first state champion from Dubuque among women bowlers was Clare PRENDERGAST in 1939. The first Dubuque bowler to break the 800 level was Jerry...

BOWLING (records). The first state champion from Dubuque among women bowlers was [[PRENDERGAST, Clare|Clare PRENDERGAST]] in 1939. The first Dubuque bowler to break the 800 level was Jerry Wiederholt who rolled twenty-eight strikes in thirty-six balls on January 8, 1975, to score an 801.

In March, 1972, the first Dubuque team in history won the Class A team title at the Iowa State Women's Bowling Association state tournament. The team of Elaine Galliart, Theresa Osthoff, Shirley Kamentz, Marge Nauman and Anna Mae Loewen made a combined total of 2745.

On February 12, 1981, Mike Erickson bowling at Fischer Lanes rolled games of 300-257-299 for a total of 856, a score then believed to be the highest ever achieved by an Iowa bowler. See: [[DUBUQUE BOWLING LEAGUE]], [[DUBUQUE BOWLING ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME]].

BOWISH, W. K

2008-07-13T22:49:09Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BOWISH, W. K. See: KEY CITY SPICE MILL.

BOWISH, W. K. See: [[KEY CITY SPICE MILL]].

BOWERY DANCE

2008-07-13T22:48:42Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BOWERY DANCE. A popular form of entertainment at "The Pavilion" of UNION PARK every Wednesday night and on weekends during the late 1890s and early 1900s. The dance began with the band...

BOWERY DANCE. A popular form of entertainment at "The Pavilion" of [[UNION PARK]] every Wednesday night and on weekends during the late 1890s and early 1900s. The dance began with the band playing half of a song with the dance floor empty. Employees of the park would then circulate among the audience picking up nickels from anyone who wished to dance. Giving a nickel allowed a person to choose their partner and dance for the rest of the song.

BONSON, Richard

2008-07-13T22:40:47Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BONSON, Richard. (Yorkshire, England, Oct. 23, 1814-Dubuque, IA, Feb. 1, 1883). Miner. Bonson settled in Dubuque in July 1834, becoming one of the area's most successful miners. He also se...

BONSON, Richard. (Yorkshire, England, Oct. 23, 1814-Dubuque, IA, Feb. 1, 1883). Miner. Bonson settled in Dubuque in July 1834, becoming one of the area's most successful miners. He also served on the executive committee that arbitrated [[MINING]] disputes.

Frequently chosen to serve in township and county elective offices, Bonson served as the State Inspector of Banks. He was elected a state legislator in 1854 and 1856.

BONNEWELL, Robert

2008-07-13T22:40:11Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BONNEWELL, Robert. (Polk Co., IA- ). Retired naval officer. Bonnewell led the effort to establish an area vocational school and has chaired the Education Committee of the Chamber of Commer...

BONNEWELL, Robert. (Polk Co., IA- ). Retired naval officer. Bonnewell led the effort to establish an area vocational school and has chaired the Education Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. He was active in the Y.M.CA.; Iowa State University Alumni Association; I.S.U. Tri-State Club; and the boards of the [[DUBUQUE ARTS COUNCIL]], [[DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA]], [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FINE ARTS SOCIETY]], and the Symphony Search Committee.

Bonnewell, the organizer of bus trips to Ames for the International Concert Festival, has with his wife, Latha, directed friendship exchange visits to China and West Berlin. He served as Finance Director of the Friendship Force exchange with Guatemala. Both Bonnewells have been active in the World Hunger Project of [[WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH]]. In 1986 they were committee members of the Mississippi Peace Cruise that brought fifty citizens of the Soviet Union (Commonwealth of Independent States) to Dubuque.

The Bonnewells were chosen king and queen of Dubuquefest Homecoming in 1986 for their outstanding contributions to cultural understanding.

BONNEWELL, Latha

2008-07-13T22:39:14Z

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BONNEWELL, Latha. (Henry, NE- ). Educator. Bonnewell chaired the home economics department at [[DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL]] prior to her retirement in 1984. A fiber artist and designer, she has written articles on art, design, family life, and world cultures for many publications including the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD]].

An avid quilter with a distinct stylized signature to her work, Bonnewell won a bronze medal from the Museum of American Folk Art and the U.S. Historical Society for one of her original designs. Examples of her work using cotton cord and Scandinavian linen are owned by Iowa State University and have been displayed at the Scheman Center for Continuing Education. Other exhibits have appeared with the touring program of the Very Special Arts of Iowa, in one-person exhibits at the [[DUBUQUE ART ASSOCIATION]] gallery, and at the Waterloo Recreation and Art Center.

With her husband, Robert, Bonnewell was responsible for the first global awareness program of the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FINE ARTS SOCIETY]] in April 1986. The same year they were committee members of the Mississippi Peace Cruise that brought fifty residents of the Soviet Union (Commonwealth of Independent States) to Dubuque.

BONNEWELL, Latha

2008-07-13T22:38:46Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BONNEWELL, Latha. (Henry, NE- ). Educator. Bonnewell chaired the home economics department at DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL prior to her retirement in 1984. A fiber artist and designer, s...

BOND ISSUE

2008-07-13T22:37:47Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BOND ISSUE (record educational). In the spring of 1967 Dubuque voters passed a $6.7 million bond issue that provided for the construction of STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL, [[EISENHOWER...

BOND ISSUE (record educational). In the spring of 1967 Dubuque voters passed a $6.7 million bond issue that provided for the construction of [[STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL]], [[EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL]], and [[HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL]]. The 1967 bond issue was at that time the largest ever passed in Dubuque and the second largest ever to be passed in Iowa.

BOLEYN, William

2008-07-13T22:29:18Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BOLEYN, William. (Sherrills Mound, IA--Dubuque, IA, June 21, 1975). Mail carrier. Boleyn, for whom a road intersecting Peru Road was named, served as Dubuque County's first rural mail carr...

BOLEYN, William. (Sherrills Mound, IA--Dubuque, IA, June 21, 1975). Mail carrier. Boleyn, for whom a road intersecting Peru Road was named, served as Dubuque County's first rural mail carrier.

A member of [[FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH]], Boleyn was a ruling elder for many years in addition to serving as the church treasurer.

BOEPPLE, John

2008-07-13T22:28:19Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BOEPPLE, John. (Hamburg, Germany, 1854--Muscatine, IA, Jan. 1912). Founder of the BUTTON INDUSTRY along the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Dubuque's thriving pearl button industry developed af...

BOEPPLE, John. (Hamburg, Germany, 1854--Muscatine, IA, Jan. 1912). Founder of the [[BUTTON INDUSTRY]] along the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]]. Dubuque's thriving pearl button industry developed after Boepple found clamshells in the Mississippi near Muscatine, Iowa. These offered, at half the cost, as much luster as the more expensive ocean clamshells then used to make buttons.

Because of disputes with his partners, Boepple offered in 1899 to bring his company to Dubuque if the city would reimburse his moving expense. This never occurred.

Driven from the company he started, Boepple became a buyer of shells for other companies. While visiting Dubuque in 1902, he expressed his alarm at the detrimental effects the industry was having on the supply of clams in the river. Ironically, Boepple cut his foot on a piece of clamshell and died from the resulting infection.

BODENSIECK, Julius

2008-07-13T22:27:37Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BODENSIECK, Julius. (Hameln, Germany-Aurora, CO, Apr. 28, 1986). President, WARTBURG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. Bodensieck taught at Wartburg Seminary from 1921 until 1930 before being name...

BODENSIECK, Julius. (Hameln, Germany-Aurora, CO, Apr. 28, 1986). President, [[WARTBURG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY]]. Bodensieck taught at Wartburg Seminary from 1921 until 1930 before being named president in 1940. He resigned from Wartburg after World War II and served three years in Europe as a liaison between the Allied High Command and the churches in Germany. He returned to Wartburg and taught there until 1965. Bodensieck was the editor of a three-volume project entitled The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church published in 1965.

BOCKES, Mary

2008-07-13T22:27:05Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BOCKES, Mary. (Luxembourg, Europe--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 12, 1973). Nursery operator. Bockes and her husband were among the first florists to operate a vegetable and flower stall at the Dubuqu...

BOCKES, Mary. (Luxembourg, Europe--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 12, 1973). Nursery operator. Bockes and her husband were among the first florists to operate a vegetable and flower stall at the Dubuque Market Place. They also owned and operated a landscaping and nursery service that had been in the Bockes family more than eighty-two years.

BOAT BUILDING

2008-07-13T22:26:21Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BOAT BUILDING. One of Dubuque's premier industries. The geographic location of Dubuque midway between St. Louis and St. Paul and the protected harbor (claimed by river pilots as the Upper...

BOAT BUILDING. One of Dubuque's premier industries. The geographic location of Dubuque midway between St. Louis and St. Paul and the protected harbor (claimed by river pilots as the Upper Mississippi's best), were important reasons for the development of the ship manufacturing industry.

Dubuque pioneered the evolution of boats from wooden hulls to iron. In 1870 the first keel was laid for an iron vessel in Dubuque. The manufacturer, [[IOWA IRON WORKS]], was founded in 1851 by [[ROUSE, Hammond|Hammond ROUSE]] and [[TREDWAY, Alfred|Alfred TREDWAY]]. This first steamboat was named the "Clyde," for the home in Scotland of [[HOPKINS, William|William HOPKINS]], a builder of ironclads during the [[CIVIL WAR]] and master mechanic at Rouse and Dean, another pioneer Dubuque boat builder. The 96-foot-long Clyde, the first iron-hulled boat built for the Upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]], was the second boat built for the logging trade.

1871 Rouse and Dean constructed the Dubuque Marine Ways, the largest of its kind north of St. Louis and considered the best on the Mississippi River, at [[EAGLE POINT]]. In 1874 [[REYNOLDS, "Diamond Joe"|Diamond Joe REYNOLDS]] established a boatyard at Eagle Point for constructing wooden-hulled steamers. Iron and steel, supplied by the Iowa Iron Works from its foundry on 9th and Washington [[STREETS]], was carried to the river for assembly during the thirty-seven-year life of the business. Of these yards, the Iowa Iron Works developed as the major boat builder in the city.

Beginning in 1882 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worked at improving the potential of the Dubuque [[ICE HARBOR]]. The 1885completion of the project enhanced the site of Dubuque for the construction of iron and later steel-hulled boats. In 1895 the Iowa Iron Works relocated their shipyard to the Ice Harbor.

In 1901 a contract was signed for the construction of the [[SPRAGUE|"SPRAGUE,"]] the largest steam stern wheel towboat in the history of the Mississippi. Despite the death in 1902 of William Hopkins, the year proved the company's best with the Sprague nearly completed and the keel laid for the "Pelican," an enormous transfer steamboat.

Iowa Iron Works of Dubuque constructed craft for every use. The King of Siam ordered an iron yacht that was delivered to him in 1876. The "Queen" was launched in 1884 for excursions on northwest Iowa's Lake Okoboji and was still in use through the 1960s.

The "J. K. Graves," launched in 1885 by the Iowa Iron Works, was a giant raft-boat used to push rafts of logs to the mills. Steel-hulled packets for carrying freight and passengers included the "Cherokee," the company's first boat of this type. The "Cherokee" boasted electric lights and the capability of carrying up to one thousand passengers. Constructing the "Ferdinand Herold" required 125 workers and cost $80,000. Railroad ferries with track laid on the deck were constructed to transport trains across the Mississippi where bridges were temporarily out of service. At an average construction cost of $250,000 each, the "L. S. Thorne" (1898), "Pelican" (1902), "Albatross" (1907) and "B. F. Yokum" (1910) and the “Willow” (1924) were important contributors to the Dubuque economy.

Willow, a 200-foot, 1,070 ton, side paddlewheel river tender, was built by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works for the US Lighthouse Service for service on the Mississippi River. Commissioned in 1924, she was decommissioned and transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers in 1945. Her maximum speed was 7.5 knots and her economic cruising speed was a 4.0 knots. She was stationed at Memphis.

Concern about the condition of the U.S. Navy led to Congressional calls for modernization at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1891 the Iowa Iron Works received the contract to build Torpedo Boat No.2. Named the "Ericsson," the boat was outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment and saw service during the Spanish-American War.

During the trial runs of the "Ericsson," the pistons broke because they had been built too light. The Navy penalty of $17,000 forced the company out of business. Senator [[ALLISON, William Boyd|William ALLISON]] rescued the firm by attaching an amendment to an appropriations bill stating that the Navy would repay the money to the bankrupt Dubuque company. The repayment was used in 1904 to reorganize the company as the [[DUBUQUE BOAT AND BOILER WORKS]].

The Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, the second oldest boat manufacturing firm in the United States and the only one of its kind on the Mississippi River, was used during World War I for the manufacture of tows, barges, dredges, submarine chasers, and Coast Guard cutters. An estimated twenty boats were built for use during World War II. Two new types were mine layers and tenders.

With the end of the war, Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works converted to the production of pleasure craft and was soon rated as one of the major excursion boat manufacturers in the nation. Employment reached two hundred men employed year-round. Business gradually declined. The boatyard had to be closed in May 1972.

During its illustrious life, the boat building industry in Dubuque pioneered many innovations. "Shoal water propellers," designed by John Dowler of the Iowa Iron Works, saved fuel and allowed boats to pass through very shallow water. Pioneering the use of these iron propellers in 1872, the Iowa Iron Works mounted them above the water line on the boat's stem. The first boat fitted with them was the "J. G. Chapman," a steamer built for the lumber trade. Reaction to the device, dubbed "Dowler's Humbug," was generally negative.

Dogwood, a 114-foot river tender, was constructed by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works Company. Commissioned in 1941, she served until 1989 and was stationed at Vicksburg, MI and later Pine Bluff, AR. She escorted the NASA rocket barge Palaemon on three occasions and helped in the cleanup operation along the gulf coast after hurricane Betsey.

Boat builders realized that paddle wheels met great resistance as they left the water. To increase boats' propulsion, feathering paddlewheels were designed which enabled the buckets to remain vertical when entering the water and then turn when coming out. While more efficient, the concept proved complicated and difficult to sell. The swivel action could be ruined with just one grounding of the paddlewheel on a snag or the river bottom.

Blackberry, a 65-foot inland buoy tender, was constructed by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Company. She entered service in 1946 and has been stationed in Sheffield, AL, Paris, TN, and Southport, NC. She remained unnamed until 1963 when the Coast Guard decided to name all vessels 65-feet in length or more. Prior to this any vessel of less than 100-feet was not named.

BOARD OF TRADE

2008-07-13T22:20:44Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BOARD OF TRADE. See: DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

BOARD OF TRADE. See: [[DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]].

BLOUIN, Michael

2008-07-13T22:19:46Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BLOUIN, Michael. (Jacksonville, FL, Nov. 7, 1945- ). Iowa Representative. Blouin, a Democrat, was elected to the 94th and 95th Congresses (January 3, 1975, though January 3, 1979) making h...

BLOUIN, Michael. (Jacksonville, FL, Nov. 7, 1945- ). Iowa Representative. Blouin, a Democrat, was elected to the 94th and 95th Congresses (January 3, 1975, though January 3, 1979) making him Dubuque's first citizen in sixty years to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was one of eight House members to participate in a British-American conference in London in 1975 and served on the Science and Technology Committee.

On November 21,1977, Republican State Representative [[TAUKE, Tom|Tom TAUKE]] announced he would challenge Blouin for Iowa's Second District seat. This established the first intra-city election battle since the 1848 elections saw [[JONES, George W|George Wallace JONES]] campaign against [[WILSON, Thomas S|Thomas S. WILSON]]. In an upset, Tauke defeated Blouin in November 1978, by winning in ten of the eleven counties in the district.

Blouin graduated from [[LORAS COLLEGE]] in 1966 and taught at the elementary level in Dubuque before working as an advertising consultant. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives in 1968 and 1970 and in the Iowa Senate in 1972. Returning to Iowa after his government service, Blouin held a series of civic leadership roles in Cedar Rapids. Blouin was director of the Iowa Department of Economic Development from January 2003 to July 2005 and became a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2006.

BLOCKLINGER LUMBER COMPANY

2008-07-13T22:17:00Z

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BLOCKLINGER LUMBER COMPANY. Local firm incorporated in 1904. Capitalized with $50,000, the company listed as its officers E. A. Blockinger, president; [[COLLIER, James C|James C. COLLIER]], vice-president; [[ADAMS, John Taylor|John T. ADAMS]], secretary; and J. T. Carr, treasurer.

BLOCKLINGER LUMBER COMPANY

2008-07-13T22:16:17Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BLOCKLINGER LUMBER COMPANY. Local firm incorporated in 1904. Capitalized with $50,000, the company listed as its officers E. A. Blockinger, president; James C. COLLIER...

BLOCKLINGER LUMBER COMPANY. Local firm incorporated in 1904. Capitalized with $50,000, the company listed as its officers E. A. Blockinger, president; [[COLLIER, James C|James C. COLLIER]], vice-president; [[ADAMS, John T|John T. ADAMS]], secretary; and J. T. Carr, treasurer.

BLOCKLINGER, Gottfried

2008-07-13T22:15:24Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BLOCKLINGER, Gottfried. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 23, 1847--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 18, 1930). Admiral. Blocklinger, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, was active in the CIVIL WAR and s...

BLOCKLINGER, Gottfried. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 23, 1847--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 18, 1930). Admiral. Blocklinger, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, was active in the [[CIVIL WAR]] and served in the Pacific Squadron from 1868 to 1882.He reached the rank of rear admiral on October 30, 1908. Blocklinger cruised the world many times and was captain of the "Illinois" when his ship in the Asiatic fleet won the famous Prince Louis Battenburg Cup for the first time.

BLOCKLINGER, Benjamin Franklin

2008-07-13T22:14:46Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BLOCKLINGER, Benjamin Franklin. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. I, 1864--1917). Banker. Blocklinger, cashier of the FIRST NATIONAL BANK, served as treasurer of the FINLEY HOSPITAL, [[LINWOOD CE...

BLOCKLINGER, Benjamin Franklin. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. I, 1864--1917). Banker. Blocklinger, cashier of the [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK]], served as treasurer of the [[FINLEY HOSPITAL]], [[LINWOOD CEMETERY]] Association, and the Dubuque Telephone Company. He was a director and treasurer of the Dubuque Building and Loan Association, a trustee of the Dubuque Commercial Club, and a director of the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD]] corporation.

BLOCKLINGER, Albert Herman

2008-07-13T22:13:52Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BLOCKLINGER, Albert Herman. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 26, 1868-Dubuque, IA, 1924). Physician. One of the earliest recognized experts in the field of x-ray examination, Blocklinger studied interna...

BLOCKLINGER, Albert Herman. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 26, 1868-Dubuque, IA, 1924). Physician. One of the earliest recognized experts in the field of x-ray examination, Blocklinger studied internal medicine in Vienna, Berlin, and Berne. He established his practice in Dubuque in 1906. Blocklinger belonged to the American, Iowa State, and Dubuque County Medical associations and served as president of the latter. He wrote extensively for professional publications and was considered a national authority on tuberculosis. During war times, Blocklinger served on the medical examining board and at his death held the rank of captain in the medical reserve corps.

BLEICH, Russell

2008-07-13T22:13:17Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BLEICH, Russell (Rev.) (Miller, IA- ). Metropolitan Coordinator, ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE. In April 1979, Bleich succeeded Rev. Vincent JESTICE. The same year Blei...

BLEICH, Russell (Rev.) (Miller, IA- ). Metropolitan Coordinator, [[ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE]]. In April 1979, Bleich succeeded Rev. [[JESTICE, Vincent C|Vincent JESTICE]]. The same year Bleich received the National Catholic Education Association's Presidential Award, the highest honor conveyed by the group, for his leadership and service to Catholic education nationwide.

A member of the board of directors of the association and its executive committee, Bleich also held membership in the NCEA Chief Administrators of Catholic Education and served as its president for 1976-1977. Within Iowa, Bleich served in the Iowa Association of Non-Public Schools and the Governor's Private School Advisory Committee.

BLACK JACK

2008-07-13T22:11:21Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BLACK JACK. Term often used interchangeably with ZINC.

BLACK JACK. Term often used interchangeably with [[ZINC]].

BLACK HAWK WAR

2008-07-13T22:10:35Z

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BLACK HAWK WAR. A controversial and generally shameful confrontation between 1830 and 1832 involving whites and members of the Sauk and [[FOX]]. The war can be linked to Black Hawk's dissatisfaction with an 1816 treaty in which the tribes had ceded their lands south of the Wisconsin River between Lake Michigan and the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].

In 1825 Sauk and Fox gave up additional claims to land east of the Mississippi River for lands west of the river. Angered by this action, members of the tribe led by Black Hawk, fought what they felt was white encroachment.

The fighting took less than fifteen weeks and resulted in the deaths of only seventy settlers and soldiers. Hundreds of Sauk and Fox were killed by troops, often with the gleeful assistance of the [[DAKOTA]], a traditional enemy.

The defeated natives heard the terms of peace on September 21, 1832. Black Hawk, a prisoner at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, was not allowed to attend. Under the peace treaty terms, the tribes were forced to cede all lands in eastern Iowa. The United States government agreed to pay thirty annual payments of $20,000; assume tribal debts of $40,000; and provide blacksmithing services, forty barrels of tobacco, and forty barrels of salt annually. Rewards were given to natives who gave information about mineral sources of value in the lands newly opened for white settlement.

The treaty did not actually open lands along the western shore of the Mississippi for settlement. Since the natives had to leave the area by June 1, 1833, it was assumed that whites would be immediately allowed into the area to settle. This occurred when soldiers like [[TAYLOR, Zachary|Zachary TAYLOR]], assigned to guard the white-Native American frontier, were ordered to other sites. Miners rushed to move into the former area of the [[MINES OF SPAIN]].

Confusion resulted. The treaty with the Sauk and Fox was signed at Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, on September 21, 1832, but did not go into effect until June 1, 1833. Miners who rushed back to their claims in 1832 were removed a second time by troops from Prairie du Chien. Among those evicted were the [[LANGWORTHY]] brothers who had accumulated an estimated three hundred thousand pounds of [[LEAD]].

BLACK HAWK WAR

2008-07-13T22:10:10Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BLACK HAWK WAR. A controversial and generally shameful confrontation between 1830 and 1832 involving whites and members of the Sauk and FOX. The war can be linked to Black Hawk's dissatisf...

BLACK HAWK WAR. A controversial and generally shameful confrontation between 1830 and 1832 involving whites and members of the Sauk and FOX. The war can be linked to Black Hawk's dissatisfaction with an 1816 treaty in which the tribes had ceded their lands south of the Wisconsin River between Lake Michigan and the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].

In 1825 Sauk and Fox gave up additional claims to land east of the Mississippi River for lands west of the river. Angered by this action, members of the tribe led by Black Hawk, fought what they felt was white encroachment.

The fighting took less than fifteen weeks and resulted in the deaths of only seventy settlers and soldiers. Hundreds of Sauk and Fox were killed by troops, often with the gleeful assistance of the [[DAKOTA]], a traditional enemy.

The defeated natives heard the terms of peace on September 21, 1832. Black Hawk, a prisoner at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, was not allowed to attend. Under the peace treaty terms, the tribes were forced to cede all lands in eastern Iowa. The United States government agreed to pay thirty annual payments of $20,000; assume tribal debts of $40,000; and provide blacksmithing services, forty barrels of tobacco, and forty barrels of salt annually. Rewards were given to natives who gave information about mineral sources of value in the lands newly opened for white settlement.

The treaty did not actually open lands along the western shore of the Mississippi for settlement. Since the natives had to leave the area by June 1, 1833, it was assumed that whites would be immediately allowed into the area to settle. This occurred when soldiers like [[TAYLOR, Zachary|Zachary TAYLOR]], assigned to guard the white-Native American frontier, were ordered to other sites. Miners rushed to move into the former area of the [[MINES OF SPAIN]].

Confusion resulted. The treaty with the Sauk and Fox was signed at Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, on September 21, 1832, but did not go into effect until June 1, 1833. Miners who rushed back to their claims in 1832 were removed a second time by troops from Prairie du Chien. Among those evicted were the [[LANGWORTHY]] brothers who had accumulated an estimated three hundred thousand pounds of [[LEAD]].

BISSELL, Richard

2008-07-13T22:07:06Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BISSELL, Richard. (Dubuque, IA, June 27, 1913--Dubuque, IA, 1977). Author. Bissell will be remembered as one of this nation's premier storytellers of life on the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. His...

BISSELL, Richard. (Dubuque, IA, June 27, 1913--Dubuque, IA, 1977). Author. Bissell will be remembered as one of this nation's premier storytellers of life on the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]]. His novels Stretch on the River (1950) and High Water (1954) told of diesel tows. Goodbye, Ava (1960) dealt with two houseboats anchored to a dock on the Mississippi.

Bissell was the son of [[BISSELL, Frederick|Frederick BISSELL]] who owned the [[H. B. GLOVER COMPANY]], a producer of pajamas and shorts and best remembered between 1870 to 1910 as the manufacturer of Glover's Western Overalls. Bissell's literary interests were kindled by Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and encouraged by his father, editor of the Harvard College paper, the "Crimson," in 1900. Before returning to Dubuque in 1936, Richard Bissell worked for a short time as the only salesman for Edwin Land, the inventor of the photography method that grew into the huge Polaroid Corporation.

In 1949 "Coal Queen," a story about the Monongahela River and Bissell as a pilot on an old tug, won first prize in a national true-life story contest held by the Atlantic Monthly. Stretch on the River, a fictional biography of a deckhand on a coal barge heading from St. Louis to St. Paul, firmly established him as an author after its nation-wide critical acclaim.

Bissell's life was dramatically changed by 71/2 Cents, a light-natured story of a strike in a pajama factory, the book was based on experiences Bissell had while working in his father's manufacturing plant. The novel, a look at conflicts between labor and management, became a Book of the Month Club selection and the highly successful film "Pajama Game" (t 957) starring Eddie Foy, Jr. and Doris Day.

Bissell enjoyed his financial freedom and used it to critique many social groups. "You Can Always Tell a Harvard Man," poked fun at historical scholarship and Harvard. How Many Miles to Galena? was a take-off on travel books. My Life on the Mississippi, or Why I Am Not Mark Twain is partially autobiographical and partly commentary on Mark Twain, who Bissell believed did not know much about boys.

As an author, Bissell used experiences he had becoming a licensed pilot on the Ohio, Tennessee, Illinois, and Mississippi rivers. His work received praise from Dubuque society, eastern publishers, and those who worked on America's Rivers.

BISSELL, Marian

2008-07-13T22:05:52Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BISSELL, Marian. (Chicago, IL- ). Civic leader. Bissell, a member of the board of the DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY for over twelve years, has served as president of the [[NATIONAL...

BISSELL, Marian. (Chicago, IL- ). Civic leader. Bissell, a member of the board of the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY]] for over twelve years, has served as president of the [[NATIONAL RIVERS HALL OF FAME]]. A charter member of the Dubuque chapter of the League of Women Voters, she served five years as a member of the Dubuque Dock Commission. Her husband was the celebrated author, [[BISSELL, Richard|Richard BISSELL]].

BISSELL, Frederick Ezekiel

2008-07-13T17:42:27Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BISSELL, Frederick Ezekiel. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 24, 1878-Dubuque, IA, Dec. 16, 1958). President, H. B. GLOVER COMPANY. One of Dubuque's many civic-minded citizens, Bissell, the father o...

BISSELL, Frederick Ezekiel. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 24, 1878-Dubuque, IA, Dec. 16, 1958). President, [[H. B. GLOVER COMPANY]]. One of Dubuque's many civic-minded citizens, Bissell, the father of [[BISSELL, Richard|Richard BISSELL]] served as president of the board of education and [[FINLEY HOSPITAL]]. One of the original members of the Planning and Zoning Commission (1929), Bissell was a founder and director of the Dubuque Humane Society (1901), member of the [[LINWOOD CEMETERY]] Association, charter member of the Rotary, and a national councilor of the Boys' Club of America. Bissell served as secretary of the first Park Committee that, around 1900, had the function of raising money to purchase land for playground and picnic areas.

Bissell helped bring the game of golf to Dubuque and possibly Iowa in the late 18OOs. Collecting one dollar from each of fifty friends, he established the groundwork for the [[DUBUQUE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB]] in 1898. Bissell and his friends laid out the path of the first two fairways with hand mowers.

BISKUP, George

2008-07-13T17:40:16Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BISKUP, George (Most Reverend). (Cedar Rapids, IA, Aug. 23, 1911-Indianapolis, IN, Oct. 17, 1979). Third auxiliary bishop of Dubuque. Biskup, LORAS COLLEGE graduate of 1933, had as his...

BISKUP, George (Most Reverend). (Cedar Rapids, IA, Aug. 23, 1911-Indianapolis, IN, Oct. 17, 1979). Third auxiliary bishop of Dubuque. Biskup, [[LORAS COLLEGE]] graduate of 1933, had as his first assignment [[SAINT RAPHAEL'S CATHEDRAL]] where he served from 1937 to 1939. He was then appointed to the faculty of Loras and served in that position until 1948.

Assignments outside of Dubuque kept Biskup away from Dubuque until 1951when he was named chancellor of the [[ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE]]. In 1952 he was named chaplain of the motherhouse of the [[SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION]]. Biskup was named auxiliary bishop in 1957 and served as the pastor of Nativity Parish until the appointment of Most Reverend [[BINZ, Leo|Leo BINZ]].

Biskup became the bishop of Des Moines in 1965. In 1976 he was elevated to the position of Archbishop of Indianapolis. Three years later, he resigned for health reasons.

BISANZ, Lucille

2008-07-13T17:38:18Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BISANZ, Lucille. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, July 7, 1985). Baseball fan; founder and president of the Packer Pals. Bisanz was also one of the founders of the Packer Backers, an organization...

BISANZ, Lucille. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, July 7, 1985). Baseball fan; founder and president of the Packer Pals. Bisanz was also one of the founders of the Packer Backers, an organization formed to keep professional [[BASEBALL]] in the City of Dubuque.

BIRD CHEVROLET

2008-07-13T17:35:34Z

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BIRD CHEVROLET. First automobile dealership to move from downtown Dubuque to the west side. Founded in 1927as Mathey Chevrolet, the dealership became Bird Chevrolet in 1937 when it was purchased by [[BIRD, Willis E|Willis BIRD]], as the majority stockholder, and [[WALSH, Arthur J|Arthur J. WALSH]]. Prior to the move to its present location on July 5, 1966, the business was operated from several locations in the downtown area including 6th and Iowa, 550 Iowa, and 8th and Central. In 1991 the company was headed by [[WALSH, James|James WALSH]].

BIRD CHEVROLET

2008-07-13T17:35:06Z

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BIRD CHEVROLET. First automobile dealership to move from downtown Dubuque to the west side. Founded in 1927as Mathey Chevrolet, the dealership became Bird Chevrolet in 1937 when it was purchased by [[BIRD, Willis|Willis BIRD]], as the majority stockholder, and [[WALSH, Arthur J|Arthur J. WALSH]]. Prior to the move to its present location on July 5, 1966, the business was operated from several locations in the downtown area including 6th and Iowa, 550 Iowa, and 8th and Central. In 1991 the company was headed by [[WALSH, James|James WALSH]].

BIRD CHEVROLET

2008-07-13T17:34:47Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BIRD CHEVROLET. First automobile dealership to move from downtown Dubuque to the west side. Founded in 1927as Mathey Chevrolet, the dealership became Bird Chevrolet in 1937 when it was pur...

BIRD CHEVROLET. First automobile dealership to move from downtown Dubuque to the west side. Founded in 1927as Mathey Chevrolet, the dealership became Bird Chevrolet in 1937 when it was purchased by Willis BIRD, as the majority stockholder, and [[WALSH, Arthur J|Arthur J. WALSH]]. Prior to the move to its present location on July 5, 1966, the business was operated from several locations in the downtown area including 6th and Iowa, 550 Iowa, and 8th and Central. In 1991 the company was headed by [[WALSH, James|James WALSH]].

BINZ, Leo

2008-07-13T17:32:31Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BINZ, Leo (Most Reverend). (Stockton, IL-North Oaks, IL, Oct. 9, 1979). Archbishop. Binz served as sixth Archbishop of Dubuque from 1954 to 1962. A LORAS COLLEGE graduate in 1916, Binz...

BINZ, Leo (Most Reverend). (Stockton, IL-North Oaks, IL, Oct. 9, 1979). Archbishop. Binz served as sixth Archbishop of Dubuque from 1954 to 1962. A [[LORAS COLLEGE]] graduate in 1916, Binz served from 1936 to 1942 as secretary to the apostolic delegate in Washington, D.C. He worked on committees dealing with bishops and the governance of dioceses before, during, and after the Second Vatican Council.

Binz was appointed coadjutor to the Most Reverend [[ROHLMAN, Henry P|Henry P. ROHLMAN]], the Archbishop of Dubuque in 1949. During the years Binz was archbishop, the enrollment of the archdiocese elementary through high schools increased from 23,000 to 40,000. Parishes spent over $25 million in renovations to their educational facilities.

Binz has been credited with encouraging the development of eleven Catholic high schools in the archdiocese including [[WAHLERT HIGH SCHOOL]] and the consolidation of smaller high schools. He was also instrumental in establishing the North American Martyrs Retreat House in Cedar Falls, Iowa, (1960) and directing the expansion of Catholic Charities' services. To aid small parishes in the archdiocese, Binz founded the Rural Life Committee.

During the Vatican Council (1962-1965), Binz worked on committees considering changes in the teachings of the Catholic Church concerning birth control. Said to be the first priest of the Rockford diocese to become a bishop, Binz left Dubuque in 1962 to head the archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis. He was succeeded in Dubuque by the Most Reverend [[BYRNE, James J|James J. BYRNE]].

BIGGINS, Mary

2008-07-13T17:28:57Z

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BIGGINS, Mary. (Zwingle, IA- ). Recipient, [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]]. Biggins, one of Dubuque's most enthusiastic participants in volunteer organizations, received the First Citizen Award from the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD]] in 1983 after she received 353 nominations. The newspaper article announcing her award, carried the story of how Biggins was known for helping needy parents outfit their children using money from her own wages as an employee of Penney's.

Biggins was a charter member of [[WA-TAN-YE]] in Dubuque and was chairperson of its concession, known as "Mary's Booth," at the county fair for thirty-one years. She was a member of the Women of the Moose for over 44 years during which she held most of its offices. Biggins devoted over twenty-five years of service to the American Cancer Society and ten years with the local chapter of the blood bank.

BIGGINS, Mary

2008-07-13T17:28:44Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BIGGINS, Mary. (Zwingle, IA- ). Recipient, FIRST CITIZEN AWARD. Biggins, one of Dubuque's most enthusiastic participants in volunteer organizations, received the First Citizen Award fr...

BIGGINS, Mary. (Zwingle, IA- ). Recipient, [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]]. Biggins, one of Dubuque's most enthusiastic participants in volunteer organizations, received the First Citizen Award from the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD]] in 1983 after she received 353 nominations. The newspaper article announcing her award, carried the story of how Biggins was known for helping needy parents outfit their children using money from her own wages as an employee of Penney's.

Biggins was a charter member of WA-TAN-YE in Dubuque and was chairperson of its concession, known as "Mary's Booth," at the county fair for thirty-one years. She was a member of the Women of the Moose for over 44 years during which she held most of its offices. Biggins devoted over twenty-five years of service to the American Cancer Society and ten years with the local chapter of the blood bank.

BIASI, C. George

2008-07-13T17:27:47Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BIASI, C. George. (Dubuque, IA, July 3, 1918--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 11, 1990). Author of the historic preservation ordinance. Biasi, a member of the ad hoc committee for the city of Dubuque an...

BIASI, C. George. (Dubuque, IA, July 3, 1918--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 11, 1990). Author of the historic preservation ordinance. Biasi, a member of the ad hoc committee for the city of Dubuque and [[DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY]], for twenty-one years was a real estate broker associated with West Side Realty, an agency he owned for five years before his retirement in 1985.

A member of many local civic and social organizations, Biasi directed the publication of the "Tresselboard," the Masonic Temple's news publication. He was one of the organizers of the "Barbershop Singers."

BETHANY HOME

2008-07-13T17:25:36Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BETHANY HOME. Retirement center for Dubuque residents. Bethany Home was founded in the early 1920s when Mrs. Christian LOETSCHER donated her home, after the death ...

BETHANY HOME. Retirement center for Dubuque residents. Bethany Home was founded in the early 1920s when Mrs. [[LOETSCHER, Christian|Christian LOETSCHER]] donated her home, after the death of her husband, to Reverend [[LAUBE, William C|William LAUBE]]. Stipulations in the donation included that every building addition had to copy the distinctive [[MANSARD ROOF]] and other architectural details of the original building. In addition, until 1977, the home could not borrow money, or the donated property would revert to the Loetscher family or their heirs. This clause was changed to allow construction of the latest addition. This three million dollar project was the seventh building expansion since the original home was built in 1885.

The concept of a home for older Dubuque residents belonged to Reverend Adolf Krebs of Galena, Illinois, who died before his dream was realized. Laube carried the plans to completion. The home provides apartments, residential rooms, and an intermediate care facility.

BERWANGER, Jay

2008-07-13T17:21:45Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BERWANGER, Jay. (Dubuque, IA- ). First recipient of football's HEISMAN MEMORIAL TROPHY. Berwanger, a graduate of DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL where he played football under Coach [[D...

BERWANGER, Jay. (Dubuque, IA- ). First recipient of football's [[HEISMAN MEMORIAL TROPHY]]. Berwanger, a graduate of [[DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL]] where he played football under Coach [[DALZELL, Wilbur|Wilbur DALZELL]], received the Heisman Trophy on December 9, 1935. Although the Chicago Maroons of the University of Chicago won only eleven of twenty-four games from 1933 through 1935, Berwanger was chosen for the All-American team his senior year with his amazing statistics including 1,839 yards gained in 439 carries, completing fifty percent of 146 passes for 921 yards, and punting 223 times for a 37.3 yard average.

In 1936 Berwanger, the first player selected in the first National League draft of college players, went to the Eagles who traded him to the Chicago Bears. Salary disputes with Bears owner, George Halas, prevented Berwanger from ever playing professional football. Berwanger had demanded $25,000 for a two-year contract. He continued his interest in the game by officiating for the Big Ten and coaching the freshman squad at the University of Chicago.

BERRYMAN, Thomas

2008-07-13T17:17:30Z

Lyonbriggs: New page: BERRYMAN, Thomas. (Fallon, NV- ). Newscaster. In 1969 Berryman moved to Dubuque and began work at radio station WDBQ. He is remembered for anchoring the "Pulse of Dubuque," the award-winni...

BERRYMAN, Thomas. (Fallon, NV- ). Newscaster. In 1969 Berryman moved to Dubuque and began work at radio station WDBQ. He is remembered for anchoring the "Pulse of Dubuque," the award-winning program begun by the station in October 1985 and his early morning on-the-air conversations with the popular [[HEMMER, Paul|Paul HEMMER]].

Berryman served two terms as president of the Dubuque Evening Optimists, two years as president of the [[DUBUQUE BOYS' CLUB]] Boosters, and twelve years as president of Dubuque Child Care.

Recognition for his broadcasting skill included the top award for public affairs programming for the "Pulse of Dubuque" in 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1989 from the Iowa Broadcast News Association. In 1988 Berryman received the State Media Award from the Iowa Mental Health Association. In 1989 Berryman received second place in the category Newscast Among Major Markets in Iowa from the Iowa Broadcast News Association. In 1990 Berryman left WDBQ to become the public relations director for [[FINLEY HOSPITAL]].