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18 July 2008

• 03:5503:55, 18 July 2008 diff hist +3,991‎ N CENTRAL ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL ‎ New page: CENTRAL ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL. On April 28, 1980, Central School, then called Central Extension School, gained DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT school board approval to expand its s...
• 03:5003:50, 18 July 2008 diff hist +62‎ N CENTRAL LUMBER AND COAL COMPANY ‎ New page: CENTRAL LUMBER AND COAL COMPANY. See: STANDARD LUMBER COMPANY.
• 03:4903:49, 18 July 2008 diff hist +2,066‎ N CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ‎ New page: CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. Former administration building of the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Once one of Dubuque's grandest examples of RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE,Central H...
• 03:4303:43, 18 July 2008 diff hist +1,076‎ N CENTER FOR DUBUQUE HISTORY ‎ New page: CENTER FOR DUBUQUE HISTORY. Priceless collection of Dubuque historical photographs and documents. Founded in 1976, the Center has been funded by and located on the campus of [[LORAS COLLEG...
• 03:4003:40, 18 July 2008 diff hist +274‎ N CENTER FOR A JUST SOCIETY ‎ New page: CENTER FOR A JUST SOCIETY. Operating from the former SAINT MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH at 12th and Locust STREETS, the center has become a lending library of materials devoted to issues...
• 03:3803:38, 18 July 2008 diff hist +3,376‎ N CEMETERIES ‎ New page: CEMETERIES. The City of Dubuque map dated 1852, drawn and published by Joseph C. Jennings, indicated three "grave yards" within the present city limits. One of the three cemeteries was Cat...
• 03:3503:35, 18 July 2008 diff hist +1,015‎ N CATLIN, George ‎ New page: CATLIN, George. (Wilkes-Barre, PA, July 26,1796--Jersey City, NJ, Dec. 23, 1872). Painter, ethnologist, writer. Catlin visited the Upper MISSISSIPPI RIVER in 1835. He spent many years ...
• 03:3103:31, 18 July 2008 diff hist +752‎ N CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA ‎ New page: CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA. Our Lady of Victory Court, Catholic Daughters of America, was organized in Dubuque during January 1919. The local court, beginning with one hundred twenty-fi...
• 03:2903:29, 18 July 2008 diff hist +33‎ N CATHEDRAL OF THE ELMS ‎ New page: CATHEDRAL OF THE ELMS. See: ELMS.
• 03:2903:29, 18 July 2008 diff hist +507‎ N CATFISH CREEK FURNACE ‎ New page: CATFISH CREEK FURNACE. Smelter. Built in 1869 along the Monastery Creek branch of Catfish Creek approximately one mile southwest of Rockdale, the LEAD smelting furnace was also known a...
• 03:2703:27, 18 July 2008 diff hist −1‎ CATE, Peter M ‎No edit summary
• 03:2703:27, 18 July 2008 diff hist +756‎ N CATE, Peter M ‎ New page: CATE, Peter M. (Dubuque, IA, Mar. 12, 1927—Tulln, Austria, Apr. 23, 2008). Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Cate joined the Army after graduating from [DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in 19...
• 03:2503:25, 18 July 2008 diff hist +1‎ CASSAT, David ‎No edit summary
• 03:2503:25, 18 July 2008 diff hist +983‎ N CASSAT, David ‎ New page: CASSAT, David. (Vail, law-Dubuque, IA, Apr. 3, 1982). President, Interstate Finance Corporation. Cassat moved to Dubuque in 1921 as the new executive director of the Chamber of Commerce. A...
• 03:2203:22, 18 July 2008 diff hist +536‎ N CASS, Lewis ‎ New page: CASS, Lewis. (Exeter, NH, Oct. 9, 1782-Detroit, MI, June 17, 1866). Senator and territorial governor. Governor Cass visited the site of Dubuque's mines in July 1827, on an expedition to im...
• 03:2103:21, 18 July 2008 diff hist +687‎ N CARY, Lillian Clark ‎ New page: CARY, Lillian Clark. (Lyon, IA, Jan. 3, 1873--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 14, 1945). Lecturer. Cary, a highly respected member of the National Order of the Ladies of the GAR (Grand Army of the Repub...
• 03:1903:19, 18 July 2008 diff hist +332‎ N CARTER, William ‎ New page: CARTER, William. (Jessamine Co., KY, Apr. 5, 1806-Dubuque, IA, 1883). Superintendent of the Dubuque Shot Manufactory. Carter arrived in Dubuque during September 1832, and began MINING ...
• 03:1503:15, 18 July 2008 diff hist +459‎ N CARR, Sabin ‎ New page: CARR, Sabin. (Dubuque, IA- ). Olympic athlete. At the 1928 Olympic Games held in Amsterdam, Holland, Carr became the first Dubuque native to win a gold medal. He did not even have to reach...
• 03:0903:09, 18 July 2008 diff hist +400‎ N CARR, Mary Assumpta (Sister) ‎ New page: CARR, Mary Assumpta (Sister). (Unknown--Farmington Hills, MI, Dec. 1990). MERCY HEALTH CENTER administrator 19~ 1973. Carr's administration was remembered as the time of the consolidat...
• 03:0703:07, 18 July 2008 diff hist 0‎ CARNEY, Frank ‎No edit summary
• 03:0603:06, 18 July 2008 diff hist +2‎ CARNEY, Frank ‎No edit summary
• 03:0603:06, 18 July 2008 diff hist +22‎ CARNEY, Frank ‎No edit summary
• 03:0503:05, 18 July 2008 diff hist +956‎ N CARNEY, Frank ‎ New page: CARNEY, Frank. (St. Johnville, NY, Feb. 15, 1851--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 2, 1919). Dubuque's first police commissioner. In 1894 Carney, a Democrat, was elected to the position of justice of th...
• 02:5902:59, 18 July 2008 diff hist +1‎ CARNEGIE, Andrew ‎No edit summary
• 02:5802:58, 18 July 2008 diff hist +1,865‎ N CARNEGIE, Andrew ‎ New page: CARNEGIE, Andrew. (Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835-Lenox, MA, Aug. 11, 1919). Steel manufacturer and philanthropist. The Keystone Bridge Company Carnegie founded in 1865 was one of se...
• 02:5502:55, 18 July 2008 diff hist +719‎ N CARLISLE COMMUNICATIONS ‎ New page: CARLISLE COMMUNICATIONS. Provider of pre-printing services. Founded in 1978 by John CARLISLE, a former production division director for the William C. Brown Publishers o...
• 02:5102:51, 18 July 2008 diff hist +534‎ N CARKEEK, Thomas ‎ New page: CARKEEK, Thomas. (Reduth, County Cornwall, England, Mar. 29, 1843-Clearwater, FL, May 19, 1927). Architect. In 1882 Carkeek moved to Dubuque and found employment as an architect with Carr,...
• 02:5002:50, 18 July 2008 diff hist +1,075‎ N CARDINAL, Jean Marie ‎ New page: CARDINAL, Jean Marie. (Unknown-St. Louis, MO, May, 1780). The fourth white person to mine LEAD at the present site of Dubuque and the only Iowan to die in the American Revolution. In 1...
• 01:5401:54, 18 July 2008 diff hist +1,012‎ N CANCELS ‎ New page: CANCELS. Distinctive markings used on letters to designate the place of mailing. The first use of cancels in Dubuque began on June 28, 1834, during the time the unorganized Iowa area was ...
• 01:4801:48, 18 July 2008 diff hist +1‎ CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH ‎No edit summary
• 01:4801:48, 18 July 2008 diff hist +1‎ CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH ‎No edit summary
• 01:4701:47, 18 July 2008 diff hist +597‎ N CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH ‎ New page: CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH. Religious organization. Original members of the congregation belonged to the DUBUQUE BIBLE CHURCH before leaving to establish a church that practiced strict int...
• 01:3101:31, 18 July 2008 diff hist +5‎ CALHOUN, John Caldwell ‎No edit summary
• 01:3001:30, 18 July 2008 diff hist +968‎ N CALHOUN, John Caldwell ‎ New page: CALHOUN, John Caldwell. (Abbeville District, SC, Mar. 18, 1782-Washington, D.C., Mar. 31, 1850). Southern senator. Concerned in 1838that additional territories created in the North might b...
• 01:2901:29, 18 July 2008 diff hist +710‎ N CALEDONIA MILLS ‎ New page: CALEDONIA MILLS. Short-lived oatmeal mill established on October 2, 1879, at the foot of Eleventh Street by F. C. Schloth and John Gray. Excellent production through the winter allowed the...
• 01:2601:26, 18 July 2008 diff hist +4‎ BYRNE, Robert ‎No edit summary
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• 01:2501:25, 18 July 2008 diff hist −1‎ CABLE CAR SQUARE ‎No edit summary
• 01:2401:24, 18 July 2008 diff hist +833‎ N CABLE CAR SQUARE ‎ New page: CABLE CAR SQUARE. Charming Dubuque business district of unique shops located along Bluff Street between Third and Fifth STREETS at the foot of the FOURTH STREET ELEVATOR. Featuring...
• 01:2201:22, 18 July 2008 diff hist +566‎ N C. W. ROBINSON COMPANY ‎ New page: C. W. ROBINSON COMPANY. Lumber mill in Dubuque established in 1875. Located at Main and Railroad Avenue, the company had yards covering an estimated ten acres. It operated only a cutting m...
• 01:2001:20, 18 July 2008 diff hist +253‎ N C. W. CHAPMAN LUMBER COMPANY ‎ New page: C. W. CHAPMAN LUMBER COMPANY. Local firm that reopened the mills of the KNAPP-STOUT LUMBER COMPANY, keeping hundreds of workers employed. Capitalized with $100,000 in 1901, the company...
• 01:1801:18, 18 July 2008 diff hist +16‎ BYRNE, John ‎No edit summary
• 01:1701:17, 18 July 2008 diff hist −12‎ BYRNE, John ‎No edit summary
• 01:1601:16, 18 July 2008 diff hist +397‎ N BYRNE, John ‎ New page: BYRNE, John. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 7, 1859—May 24, 1914). Contractor. The second son of Thomas Byrne, he partnered with James Saul (which see) in many Dubuque construct...
• 01:1401:14, 18 July 2008 diff hist +447‎ N BYRNE, Thomas ‎ New page: BYRNE, Thomas. (Dublin, Ireland, 1929—Dubuque, IA, Nov. 29, 1909). Stonemason and contractor. Arrived in Dubuque in the late 1850s and became a contractor responsible for erecting su...
• 01:1301:13, 18 July 2008 diff hist +796‎ N BYRNE, Thomas Edward ‎ New page: BYRNE, Thomas Edward. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 6 1890—April 14, 1958). Contractor. Byrne worked on such building projects as street paving, house foundations, curbs and sidewalks, sewer and...
• 01:1001:10, 18 July 2008 diff hist +624‎ N BYRNE, Robert ‎ New page: BYRNE, Robert. (Dubuque, IA, May 22, 1930- ). Author. Byrne has written or compiled 23 books, including seven novels, two of which were set in Dubuque: Memories of a Non-Jewish Childhood ...
• 00:4800:48, 18 July 2008 diff hist 0‎ BUTTON INDUSTRY ‎No edit summary
• 00:4700:47, 18 July 2008 diff hist +2,851‎ N BUTTON INDUSTRY ‎ New page: BUTTON INDUSTRY. From the late 1890s until World War II, the manufacture of buttons from MISSISSIPPI RIVER clamshells was a flourishing enterprise in eastern Iowa. Brought to this regi...
• 00:4300:43, 18 July 2008 diff hist +894‎ N BUTLER SERVICES COMPANY ‎ New page: BUTLER SERVICES COMPANY. One of the nation's leading poultry insurers. Butler Services specialized in poultry insurance since its founding in 1978 when Peter D. Butler purchased the busine...