https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=ICE_SKATING 2026-05-03T09:33:05Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=ICE_SKATING&diff=185172&oldid=prev 2025-07-19T17:06:19Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:06, 19 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l12">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On December 8, 1895 Mayor Olinger sidestepped the matter by obtaining permission to flood the old baseball field at Jackson and Sanford to offer free skating to the citizens.  Advantages cited included the fact that people did not need to cross railroad tracks or fear the ice cracking and plunging into the harbor. (4)   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On December 8, 1895 Mayor Olinger sidestepped the matter by obtaining permission to flood the old baseball field at Jackson and Sanford to offer free skating to the citizens.  Advantages cited included the fact that people did not need to cross railroad tracks or fear the ice cracking and plunging into the harbor. (4)   </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:skate1900.png|left|thumb|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">250px</del>|circa 1900. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]In 1896 the city council averted the problem completely by awarding the right to operate a rink on the Ice Harbor to Mr. Bohn whose bid of $150 was the highest. (5) The rink proved profitable with 550 tickets being sold on January 3, 1897. (6) On January 19, 1897 a masquerade was held on the ice with music provided by the First Regiment Band. (7)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:skate1900.png|left|thumb|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">450px</ins>|circa 1900. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]In 1896 the city council averted the problem completely by awarding the right to operate a rink on the Ice Harbor to Mr. Bohn whose bid of $150 was the highest. (5) The rink proved profitable with 550 tickets being sold on January 3, 1897. (6) On January 19, 1897 a masquerade was held on the ice with music provided by the First Regiment Band. (7)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There were few accommodations for skaters. The high wooden fence around the Keckevoet rink provided some protection from cold winter winds, but provisions actually offering warmth did not appear until around 1909. These were not provided by the city; they were commercial. Keckevoet was a popular skating operator. On Sundays, both in the afternoon and evening, he provided skaters with music from an orchestra in an open bandstand located in the exact center of their rink. (8)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There were few accommodations for skaters. The high wooden fence around the Keckevoet rink provided some protection from cold winter winds, but provisions actually offering warmth did not appear until around 1909. These were not provided by the city; they were commercial. Keckevoet was a popular skating operator. On Sundays, both in the afternoon and evening, he provided skaters with music from an orchestra in an open bandstand located in the exact center of their rink. (8)</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=ICE_SKATING&diff=185170&oldid=prev 2025-07-19T17:04:04Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:04, 19 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l10">Line 10:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Such cooperation was not always the case. In December 1895 Mr. Keckevoet and Mr. Bohn each wanted to have a skating rink on the harbor. When they disagreed as to how much each should have, a committee decided that each should occupy half the space. Keckevoet ignored the decision and fenced in a much larger area. The mayor and council then got involved and served him with a notice to move the fence to the committee&#039;s position in five hours or the fence would be removed. Keckevoet and his attorney then obtained an injunction. Angered, the mayor and harbor commission then proceeded to revoke his license on the grounds that he had violated its conditions. (3)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Such cooperation was not always the case. In December 1895 Mr. Keckevoet and Mr. Bohn each wanted to have a skating rink on the harbor. When they disagreed as to how much each should have, a committee decided that each should occupy half the space. Keckevoet ignored the decision and fenced in a much larger area. The mayor and council then got involved and served him with a notice to move the fence to the committee&#039;s position in five hours or the fence would be removed. Keckevoet and his attorney then obtained an injunction. Angered, the mayor and harbor commission then proceeded to revoke his license on the grounds that he had violated its conditions. (3)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On December 8, 1895 Mayor Olinger sidestepped the matter by obtaining permission to flood the old baseball field at Jackson and Sanford to offer free skating to the citizens.  Advantages cited included the fact that people did not need to cross railroad tracks or fear the ice cracking and plunging into the harbor. (4)  In 1896 the city council averted the problem completely by awarding the right to operate a rink on the Ice Harbor to Mr. Bohn whose bid of $150 was the highest. (5) The rink proved profitable with 550 tickets being sold on January 3, 1897. (6) On January 19, 1897 a masquerade was held on the ice with music provided by the First Regiment Band. (7)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On December 8, 1895 Mayor Olinger sidestepped the matter by obtaining permission to flood the old baseball field at Jackson and Sanford to offer free skating to the citizens.  Advantages cited included the fact that people did not need to cross railroad tracks or fear the ice cracking and plunging into the harbor. (4)   </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:skate1900.png|left|thumb|250px|circa 1900. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]</ins>In 1896 the city council averted the problem completely by awarding the right to operate a rink on the Ice Harbor to Mr. Bohn whose bid of $150 was the highest. (5) The rink proved profitable with 550 tickets being sold on January 3, 1897. (6) On January 19, 1897 a masquerade was held on the ice with music provided by the First Regiment Band. (7)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There were few accommodations for skaters. The high wooden fence around the Keckevoet rink provided some protection from cold winter winds, but provisions actually offering warmth did not appear until around 1909. These were not provided by the city; they were commercial. Keckevoet was a popular skating operator. On Sundays, both in the afternoon and evening, he provided skaters with music from an orchestra in an open bandstand located in the exact center of their rink. (8)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There were few accommodations for skaters. The high wooden fence around the Keckevoet rink provided some protection from cold winter winds, but provisions actually offering warmth did not appear until around 1909. These were not provided by the city; they were commercial. Keckevoet was a popular skating operator. On Sundays, both in the afternoon and evening, he provided skaters with music from an orchestra in an open bandstand located in the exact center of their rink. (8)</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=ICE_SKATING&diff=172729&oldid=prev 2022-01-15T03:13:31Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:13, 15 January 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l18">Line 18:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 18:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1911 the recreation and playground commission maintained at least four and possibly five rinks in scattered parts of the community. The sites would be flooded as soon as cold weather remained constant. The largest was to be made at Comiskey field. Another large rink was located on unoccupied city property at South Locust and Railroad [[STREETS]]. A third site was [[RAFFERTY SLOUGH]]. People living in the western part of town would have a rink on Welbes Field on Pennsylvania Avenue. The fourth rink was planned for the corner of Dodge and Booth with a fifth on Glen Oak near West Third. (9)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1911 the recreation and playground commission maintained at least four and possibly five rinks in scattered parts of the community. The sites would be flooded as soon as cold weather remained constant. The largest was to be made at Comiskey field. Another large rink was located on unoccupied city property at South Locust and Railroad [[STREETS]]. A third site was [[RAFFERTY SLOUGH]]. People living in the western part of town would have a rink on Welbes Field on Pennsylvania Avenue. The fourth rink was planned for the corner of Dodge and Booth with a fifth on Glen Oak near West Third. (9)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:trainersk.png|right|thumb|250px|Trainer skates. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ykyguidiiyr/photos/]]In 1912 the Dubuque City Council proposed a free skating rink in the Ice Harbor as there had been for the two previous years. (10) Other rinks were established at the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">DUBUQUE </del>MUNICIPAL ATHLETIC FIELD]], Comiskey Park and at the West Third Street water reservoir on its cement roof. By 1933 other rinks were opened at Rafferty's Field on South Locust, Pennsylvania Avenue, and at Dodge and Booth [[STREETS]]. Since then skaters have found winter fun at [[FLORA PARK]] and [[ALLISON-HENDERSON PARK]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:trainersk.png|right|thumb|250px|Trainer skates. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ykyguidiiyr/photos/]]In 1912 the Dubuque City Council proposed a free skating rink in the Ice Harbor as there had been for the two previous years. (10) Other rinks were established at the [[MUNICIPAL ATHLETIC FIELD]], Comiskey Park and at the West Third Street water reservoir on its cement roof. By 1933 other rinks were opened at Rafferty's Field on South Locust, Pennsylvania Avenue, and at Dodge and Booth [[STREETS]]. Since then skaters have found winter fun at [[FLORA PARK]] and [[ALLISON-HENDERSON PARK]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>1n 1939 the second Telegraph-Herald Skating Derby was held at [[COMISKEY PARK]]. Seventy-five contestants including men, boys, women, and girls competed for trophies and medals. The men&#039;s senior division was a two-mile race. (11)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>1n 1939 the second Telegraph-Herald Skating Derby was held at [[COMISKEY PARK]]. Seventy-five contestants including men, boys, women, and girls competed for trophies and medals. The men&#039;s senior division was a two-mile race. (11)</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=ICE_SKATING&diff=171616&oldid=prev 2021-11-04T02:56:39Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:56, 4 November 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:isc.png|left|thumb|450px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]] ICE SKATING. Ice skating has been a popular winter activity for many years in Dubuque. Before skating rinks were constructed, parties of skaters organized at the [[ICE HARBOR]] and then skated across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] to Fentress Lake. Many of the smaller streams in the vicinity of Dubuque were also favorite skating sites. A favorite activity of skaters on the river was to open their coats like sails <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>using the wind to push them along.  Skaters were known to travel all the way to Galena or Bellevue. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:isc.png|left|thumb|450px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]] ICE SKATING. Ice skating has been a popular winter activity for many years in Dubuque. Before skating rinks were constructed, parties of skaters organized at the [[ICE HARBOR]] and then skated across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] to Fentress Lake. Many of the smaller streams in the vicinity of Dubuque were also favorite skating sites. A favorite activity of skaters on the river was to open their coats like sails using the wind to push them along.  Skaters were known to travel all the way to Galena or Bellevue. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On January 29, 1859 skaters made a trip by frozen river from Dubuque to Galena in one hour and fourteen minutes.  Other trips by frozen river included dashes from the Ice Harbor to [[CATFISH CREEK]] where the creek was followed to [[ROCKDALE]]. It was a long hike home. Some fearless types skated to Bellevue and then took the railroad home.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On January 29, 1859 skaters made a trip by frozen river from Dubuque to Galena in one hour and fourteen minutes.  Other trips by frozen river included dashes from the Ice Harbor to [[CATFISH CREEK]] where the creek was followed to [[ROCKDALE]]. It was a long hike home. Some fearless types skated to Bellevue and then took the railroad home.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:17, 29 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l18">Line 18:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 18:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1911 the recreation and playground commission maintained at least four and possibly five rinks in scattered parts of the community. The sites would be flooded as soon as cold weather remained constant. The largest was to be made at Comiskey field. Another large rink was located on unoccupied city property at South Locust and Railroad [[STREETS]]. A third site was [[RAFFERTY SLOUGH]]. People living in the western part of town would have a rink on Welbes Field on Pennsylvania Avenue. The fourth rink was planned for the corner of Dodge and Booth with a fifth on Glen Oak near West Third. (9)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1911 the recreation and playground commission maintained at least four and possibly five rinks in scattered parts of the community. The sites would be flooded as soon as cold weather remained constant. The largest was to be made at Comiskey field. Another large rink was located on unoccupied city property at South Locust and Railroad [[STREETS]]. A third site was [[RAFFERTY SLOUGH]]. People living in the western part of town would have a rink on Welbes Field on Pennsylvania Avenue. The fourth rink was planned for the corner of Dodge and Booth with a fifth on Glen Oak near West Third. (9)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:trainersk.png|right|thumb|250px|Trainer skates. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ykyguidiiyr/photos/]]In 1912 the Dubuque City Council proposed a free skating rink in the Ice Harbor as there had been for the two previous years. (10) Other rinks were established at the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Municipal Athletic Field</del>, Comiskey Park and at the West Third Street water reservoir on its cement roof. By 1933 other rinks were opened at Rafferty's Field on South Locust, Pennsylvania Avenue, and at Dodge and Booth [[STREETS]]. Since then skaters have found winter fun at [[FLORA PARK]] and [[ALLISON-HENDERSON PARK]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:trainersk.png|right|thumb|250px|Trainer skates. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ykyguidiiyr/photos/]]In 1912 the Dubuque City Council proposed a free skating rink in the Ice Harbor as there had been for the two previous years. (10) Other rinks were established at the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[DUBUQUE MUNICIPAL ATHLETIC FIELD]]</ins>, Comiskey Park and at the West Third Street water reservoir on its cement roof. By 1933 other rinks were opened at Rafferty's Field on South Locust, Pennsylvania Avenue, and at Dodge and Booth [[STREETS]]. Since then skaters have found winter fun at [[FLORA PARK]] and [[ALLISON-HENDERSON PARK]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1n 1939 the second Telegraph-Herald Skating Derby was held at [[COMISKEY PARK]]. Seventy-five contestants including men, boys, women, and girls competed for trophies and medals. The men's senior division was a two-mile race. (11)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ahskating.png|right|thumb|250px|Skating at Allison-Henderson. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ykyguidiiyr/photos/]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ahskating.png|right|thumb|250px|Skating at Allison-Henderson. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ykyguidiiyr/photos/]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l45">Line 45:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 48:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>10. &quot;Council Session Was Busy One,&quot; &#039;&#039;&#039;Dubuque Telegraph Herald&#039;&#039;&#039;, November 8, 1912, p. 3</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>10. &quot;Council Session Was Busy One,&quot; &#039;&#039;&#039;Dubuque Telegraph Herald&#039;&#039;&#039;, November 8, 1912, p. 3</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">11. "Seventy-Five Compete Here in Ice Event," ''Telegraph-Herald'', February 5, 1939, p. 27</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:10, 20 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:isc.png|left|thumb|450px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:isc.png|left|thumb|450px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]] ICE SKATING. Ice skating has been a popular winter activity for many years in Dubuque. Before skating rinks were constructed, parties of skaters organized at the [[ICE HARBOR]] and then skated across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] to Fentress Lake. Many of the smaller streams in the vicinity of Dubuque were also favorite skating sites. A favorite activity of skaters on the river was to open their coats like sails and using the wind to push them along.  Skaters were known to travel all the way to Galena or Bellevue. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:ish.png|right|thumb|350px|Ice skating on the Ice Harbor. Photo courtesy" Jim Massey</del>]]ICE SKATING. Ice skating has been a popular winter activity for many years in Dubuque. Before skating rinks were constructed, parties of skaters organized at the [[ICE HARBOR]] and then skated across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] to Fentress Lake. Many of the smaller streams in the vicinity of Dubuque were also favorite skating sites. A favorite activity of skaters on the river was to open their coats like sails and using the wind to push them along.  Skaters were known to travel all the way to Galena or Bellevue. (1)</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On January 29, 1859 skaters made a trip by frozen river from Dubuque to Galena in one hour and fourteen minutes.  Other trips by frozen river included dashes from the Ice Harbor to [[CATFISH CREEK]] where the creek was followed to [[ROCKDALE]]. It was a long hike home. Some fearless types skated to Bellevue and then took the railroad home.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On January 29, 1859 skaters made a trip by frozen river from Dubuque to Galena in one hour and fourteen minutes.  Other trips by frozen river included dashes from the Ice Harbor to [[CATFISH CREEK]] where the creek was followed to [[ROCKDALE]]. It was a long hike home. Some fearless types skated to Bellevue and then took the railroad home.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:09, 20 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ish</del>.png|left|thumb|450px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">isc</ins>.png|left|thumb|450px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ish.png|right|thumb|350px|Ice skating on the Ice Harbor. Photo courtesy&quot; Jim Massey]]ICE SKATING. Ice skating has been a popular winter activity for many years in Dubuque. Before skating rinks were constructed, parties of skaters organized at the [[ICE HARBOR]] and then skated across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] to Fentress Lake. Many of the smaller streams in the vicinity of Dubuque were also favorite skating sites. A favorite activity of skaters on the river was to open their coats like sails and using the wind to push them along.  Skaters were known to travel all the way to Galena or Bellevue. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ish.png|right|thumb|350px|Ice skating on the Ice Harbor. Photo courtesy&quot; Jim Massey]]ICE SKATING. Ice skating has been a popular winter activity for many years in Dubuque. Before skating rinks were constructed, parties of skaters organized at the [[ICE HARBOR]] and then skated across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] to Fentress Lake. Many of the smaller streams in the vicinity of Dubuque were also favorite skating sites. A favorite activity of skaters on the river was to open their coats like sails and using the wind to push them along.  Skaters were known to travel all the way to Galena or Bellevue. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:09, 20 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ish.png|left|thumb|450px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ish.png|left|thumb|450px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ices</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jpg</del>|right|thumb|350px|Ice skating on the Ice Harbor. Photo courtesy" Jim Massey]]ICE SKATING. Ice skating has been a popular winter activity for many years in Dubuque. Before skating rinks were constructed, parties of skaters organized at the [[ICE HARBOR]] and then skated across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] to Fentress Lake. Many of the smaller streams in the vicinity of Dubuque were also favorite skating sites. A favorite activity of skaters on the river was to open their coats like sails and using the wind to push them along.  Skaters were known to travel all the way to Galena or Bellevue. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ish</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">png</ins>|right|thumb|350px|Ice skating on the Ice Harbor. Photo courtesy" Jim Massey]]ICE SKATING. Ice skating has been a popular winter activity for many years in Dubuque. Before skating rinks were constructed, parties of skaters organized at the [[ICE HARBOR]] and then skated across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] to Fentress Lake. Many of the smaller streams in the vicinity of Dubuque were also favorite skating sites. A favorite activity of skaters on the river was to open their coats like sails and using the wind to push them along.  Skaters were known to travel all the way to Galena or Bellevue. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On January 29, 1859 skaters made a trip by frozen river from Dubuque to Galena in one hour and fourteen minutes.  Other trips by frozen river included dashes from the Ice Harbor to [[CATFISH CREEK]] where the creek was followed to [[ROCKDALE]]. It was a long hike home. Some fearless types skated to Bellevue and then took the railroad home.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On January 29, 1859 skaters made a trip by frozen river from Dubuque to Galena in one hour and fourteen minutes.  Other trips by frozen river included dashes from the Ice Harbor to [[CATFISH CREEK]] where the creek was followed to [[ROCKDALE]]. It was a long hike home. Some fearless types skated to Bellevue and then took the railroad home.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:08, 20 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ICESKATING</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gif</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">right</del>|thumb|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">250px</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ice skating on the Ice Harbor. </del>Photo courtesy<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" Jim Massey</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ish</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">png</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">left</ins>|thumb|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">450px</ins>|Photo courtesy<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: Telegraph Herald</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ices.jpg|right|thumb|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">250px</del>|Ice skating. Photo courtesy" Jim Massey]]ICE SKATING. Ice skating has been a popular winter activity for many years in Dubuque. Before skating rinks were constructed, parties of skaters organized at the [[ICE HARBOR]] and then skated across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] to Fentress Lake. Many of the smaller streams in the vicinity of Dubuque were also favorite skating sites. A favorite activity of skaters on the river was to open their coats like sails and using the wind to push them along.  Skaters were known to travel all the way to Galena or Bellevue. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ices.jpg|right|thumb|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">350px</ins>|Ice skating <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on the Ice Harbor</ins>. Photo courtesy" Jim Massey]]ICE SKATING. Ice skating has been a popular winter activity for many years in Dubuque. Before skating rinks were constructed, parties of skaters organized at the [[ICE HARBOR]] and then skated across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] to Fentress Lake. Many of the smaller streams in the vicinity of Dubuque were also favorite skating sites. A favorite activity of skaters on the river was to open their coats like sails and using the wind to push them along.  Skaters were known to travel all the way to Galena or Bellevue. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On January 29, 1859 skaters made a trip by frozen river from Dubuque to Galena in one hour and fourteen minutes.  Other trips by frozen river included dashes from the Ice Harbor to [[CATFISH CREEK]] where the creek was followed to [[ROCKDALE]]. It was a long hike home. Some fearless types skated to Bellevue and then took the railroad home.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On January 29, 1859 skaters made a trip by frozen river from Dubuque to Galena in one hour and fourteen minutes.  Other trips by frozen river included dashes from the Ice Harbor to [[CATFISH CREEK]] where the creek was followed to [[ROCKDALE]]. It was a long hike home. Some fearless types skated to Bellevue and then took the railroad home.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:29, 9 February 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l21">Line 21:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:trainersk.png|right|thumb|250px|Trainer skates. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ykyguidiiyr/photos/]]In 1912 the Dubuque City Council proposed a free skating rink in the Ice Harbor as there had been for the two previous years. (10) Other rinks were established at the Municipal Athletic Field, Comiskey Park and at the West Third Street water reservoir on its cement roof. By 1933 other rinks were opened at Rafferty&#039;s Field on South Locust, Pennsylvania Avenue, and at Dodge and Booth [[STREETS]]. Since then skaters have found winter fun at [[FLORA PARK]] and [[ALLISON-HENDERSON PARK]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:trainersk.png|right|thumb|250px|Trainer skates. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ykyguidiiyr/photos/]]In 1912 the Dubuque City Council proposed a free skating rink in the Ice Harbor as there had been for the two previous years. (10) Other rinks were established at the Municipal Athletic Field, Comiskey Park and at the West Third Street water reservoir on its cement roof. By 1933 other rinks were opened at Rafferty&#039;s Field on South Locust, Pennsylvania Avenue, and at Dodge and Booth [[STREETS]]. Since then skaters have found winter fun at [[FLORA PARK]] and [[ALLISON-HENDERSON PARK]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ahskating.png|right|thumb|250px|Skating at Allison-Henderson. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ykyguidiiyr/photos/]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:ahskating.png|right|thumb|250px|Skating at Allison-Henderson. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ykyguidiiyr/photos/]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:packetr.png|right|thumb|250px|The Packet Room. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ykyguidiiyr/photos/]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>---</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>---</div></td></tr> </table>

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