Encyclopedia Dubuque
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TWIN SPRINGS
TWIN SPRINGS. Twin Springs, north of the city, was a popular picnic area for residents in the late 1800s. In June, 1891 the Dubuque Daily Herald advertised that the round trip by train for adults was twenty-five cents while children tickets cost fifteen cents. (1)
Some excitement occurred in 1954 when researchers from Tulane University found a single specimen of the lake chub, a fish usually found far in the northern United States and Canada. If the record was correct, it would be the only population of the fish in the MISSISSIPPI RIVER drainage basin. Confusing the issue was the fact that the name was commonly used to describe creeks. Other researchers have been unable to find other examples of the fish although "pocket populations" of other fish have been discovered in Nebraska and Colorado.
Twin Springs in 2021 was an access point to HERITAGE TRAIL. (2)
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Source:
1. "Municipal Molecules," Dubuque Daily Herald, June 6, 1891, p. 4
2. Millhouse, Sara, "Researchers Seek Glacial Relic Mystery Fish," Dyersville Commercial, September 16, 2015, p. 73