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The 1858-1859 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed Dodge at the foot of Bluff. | The 1858-1859 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed Dodge at the foot of Bluff. | ||
The 1859-1860 through | The 1859-1860 through 1880 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed the corner of Locust and Dodge. | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:34, 25 February 2020
PLEINS & BEACH. F. M. PLEINS & CO., Dubuque's first soap and candle manufacturing company was constructed in 1850 in a small wooden building at South Locust and Bluff by F. M. PLEINS. After Jesse P. FARLEY purchased an interest in the company, it was renamed the DUBUQUE LARD-OIL, SOAP, AND CANDLE FACTORY.
In 1858 James Beach joined the business by purchasing the interest of Jesse P. FARLEY. The company was renamed Pleins & Beach. In 1859 Beach purchased the interest of his partner. The company eventually became JAMES BEACH AND SONS
The 1858-1859 Dubuque City Directory listed Dodge at the foot of Bluff.
The 1859-1860 through 1880 Dubuque City Directory listed the corner of Locust and Dodge. ---
Source:
1. Kruse, Len. "Soapmaking Had an Interesting Dubuque Run Before Being Washed Up," Telegraph Herald, May 18, 1991, p. 13