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- 04:49, 8 August 2025 CUTTER AND HOUGHTON (hist | edit) [120 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "CUTTER AND HOUGHTON. Category: Photographer")
- 03:28, 6 August 2025 HETHERINGTON, Henry S.-1209 Prairie (hist | edit) [3,273 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/105661864:60525?tid=&pid=&queryId=160088e1-e125-4810-91c2-4ee6efdbf7ef&_phsrc=MOd54&_phstart=successSource left|thumb|350px| 1209 Prairie. Photo courtesy: Old House Enthusiasts' Club House Tour, 2000HETHERINGTON, Henry S. (Millersburg, PA, Feb. 9, 1820--Dubuque County, IA, Jan. 15, 1898). MAYOR. Hetherington learned the trade of masonary and bricklaying before moving west to Iowa in 184...")
- 00:09, 6 August 2025 LOETSCHER, T. BEN-160 SOUTH GRANDVIEW (hist | edit) [170 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "left|thumb|350px| 440 Loras. Photo courtesy: Old House Enthusiasts' Club House Tour, 2001T. BEN LOETSCHER-160 South Grandview. Category: Homes")
- 00:05, 6 August 2025 BUDDA, ROCCO-434 LORAS (hist | edit) [1,957 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "left|thumb|150px|Photo courtesy: David Kettering/Telegraph Herald left|thumb|350px| 422-434 Loras. Photo courtesy: Old House Enthusiasts' Club House Tour, 1999BUDA, Rocco. (Calabria, Italy-Dubuque, IA. 1997). Growing up in Italy within view of the Aspromonte Mountains, Buda was apprenticed by his mother to a tailor at the age of six. After months of practice with needle and thread, he was finally put to work. In 1938 when he was sev...")
- 17:52, 30 July 2025 DILLON, Patrick L. (hist | edit) [3,118 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "DILLON, Patrick L. (Dubuque, IA, Aug. 23, 1939--Dubuque, IA, July 19, 2025). President, United Auto Workers Local 94. Dillon began work at the JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS in 1960 as a machine operator and first ran for a union position in 1963. In 1967 Dillon was elected a trustee. He was elected vice-president of the local in 1969 and began his first term as president of Dubuque's largest union in 1971. In December 1992 Dillion announced that he would not seek re-election...")
- 17:32, 30 July 2025 DEEREVILLE (hist | edit) [627 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "DEEREVILLE. A seldom used term, "Deereville" was used to describe a neighborhood located along Ogilby, Chaney, Morningview, and Broadlawn roads and between Asbury and Hillcrest. The neighborhoods grew after WORLD WAR II when the JOHN DEERE TRACTOR WORKS transitioned from wartime shell production to manufacturing tractors. A larger workforce was needed. --- Source: "Dubuque Organization to Host Tour of Historic Neighborhood," ''Telegraph Herald'', July 23, 2025...")
- 20:32, 27 July 2025 DUBUQUE CHAIN GROCERY / SUPERMARKET LOCATIONS 1925-1990 (hist | edit) [183 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "DUBUQUE CHAIN GROCERY / SUPERMARKET LOCATIONS 1925-1990. See: https://www.groceteria.com/place/us-iowa/dubuque/ Category: Grocery Stores")
- 17:38, 25 July 2025 BANWORTH, George H. (hist | edit) [627 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "BANWORTH, George H. (Sherrill, IA, Jan. 7, 1929--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 19, 20. 2025) George was born on January 7, 1929 in Sherrill, Iowa the son of John and Clara (Jungblut) Banwarth. George worked at the former DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY before starting in the furniture business in 1956. He owned and operated BANWORTH AND UDELHOVEN FURNITURE WORLD for many years with his business partner "Hap" Udelhoven. --- Source: Leonard Funeral Home and Crematory, https://www....")
- 03:05, 23 July 2025 SHEPPLEY III, Edward H. (REV.) (hist | edit) [2,504 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "SHEPPLEY III, Edward H. (Rev.)(Dubuque, IA--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 28, 2018). One of the pioneers of renovation in Dubuque, Sheppley was the son of William S. Sheppley and Geneva (Taylor) Sheppley. A graduate of the University of Iowa, he also studied at the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE and the University of Illinois. In 1971 Sheppley, at the age of thirty-five the president and treasurer of W. S. Sheppley and Company, became the owner of the nine-sto...")
- 15:23, 16 July 2025 DUBUQUE'S GRAVE (hist | edit) [76 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "DUBUQUE'S GRAVE. See: DUBUQUE MONUMENT Category: Landmarks")
- 00:57, 16 July 2025 MARITA'S BEAUTY SALON (hist | edit) [119 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "MARITA BEAUTY SALON. The 1951 and 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed 1100 Main. See: Marita A. SCHULTZ Category: Beauty Parlors")
- 00:51, 16 July 2025 SCHULTZ. Marita A. (hist | edit) [481 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "SCHULTA, Marita (Zwingle, IA, June 13, 1912--Dubuque, IA, June 19, 2008) Marita was the president and a charter member of the Dubuque Hairdressers and was a fifty--plus year member of WA-TAN-YE. In Dubuque she had worked for COATES AND CHARKSON, [DEE'S BEAUTY SALON]], and KUT AND KURL. She had opened her own shop MARITA'S BEAUTY SALON in 1942 at 100 Main. --- Source: 1. "Record," Telegraph Herald, June 12, 2008. p. 4D Category: Organization Leaders")
- 17:16, 7 July 2025 CAMP LITTLE CLOUD (hist | edit) [4,142 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "CAMP LITTLE CLOUD. Day camp at EAGLE POINT PARK or overnight outings at Boy Scout Camps provided the outdoor experiences for girls in the 1930s and 1940s. archerty A donation of 110 acres near Lattnerville, west of Dubuque, by the WAHLERT FOUNDATION in 1949 changed everything. Girls now had an opportunity to have their own outdoor education site. Site development required financing which was begun with a "Path O' Pennies" campaign. To build a dam for an artifici...")
- 20:10, 1 July 2025 FENELON PLACE ELEVATOR COMPANY (hist | edit) [918 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "FENELON PLACE ELEVATOR COMPANY. In 1895 taxes were collected on $650 valuation for 1894-1895 assessed on the Fenelon Place Elevator Company. (1) The annual meeting of the stockholders and directors of the Fenelon Place Elevator Company in 1898 was held in the offices of Leathers and Trewin. Officers chosen for the following year included:W. A. Leathers, president; Jacob RICH, vice president; C.B. TREWIN. secretary and treasurer; and dire...")
- 03:34, 1 July 2025 INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS (hist | edit) [4,524 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "left|thumb|150px|Logo of the Odd Fellows right|thumb|250px|1908 ribbonODD FELLOWS. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), also known as the Three Link Fraternity, is an altruistic and benevolent fraternal organization copied from the similar British Oddfellows service organizations which came into being during the 18th century. Thomas Wildey began the Order in America The oldest Lodge in Iowa is the Washington, of Burlingt...")
- 18:08, 11 June 2025 CLAY PIPES (hist | edit) [3,575 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "CLAY PIPES. Category: Health")
- 20:19, 4 June 2025 TRAFFIC LAWS (hist | edit) [39 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "TRAFFIC LAWS. See: TRAFFIC TICKETS")
- 15:22, 4 June 2025 LAMKIN, Fletcher (hist | edit) [1,372 bytes] Randylyon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "LAMKIN, Fletcher ( ). Lamkin served eighteen months as the interim president of CLARKE UNIVERSITY before being named the 17th president in 2025. During his term as interim president, he directed progress on campuswide initiatives including new strategic plan to prepare the university for a major capital campaign. Pleased with his leadership, the board of trustees chose not to held a presidential search. Prior to coming to Clarke, Lamkin had been a professor, dean o...")
