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14 June 2008
- 08:4208:42, 14 June 2008 diff hist +14,160 N ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE New page: ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE. Administrative unit of the Catholic Church includes all the Iowa counties north of Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, and Clinton counties. It also incl...
- 08:2508:25, 14 June 2008 diff hist +367 N ARCHBISHOPS New page: ARCHBISHOPS. Leaders of the Catholic church. Archbishops in the history of Dubuque were John HENNESSY, John KEANE, James KEANE,...
- 08:1908:19, 14 June 2008 diff hist +35 N ARBOR PACIS New page: ARBOR PACIS. See: CLARK, Kevin.
- 08:1808:18, 14 June 2008 diff hist +403 N AQUOQUA New page: AQUOQUA (Kettle). (Unknown-early 1820s). Chief. Aquoqua, chief of the main village of FOX, befriended Julien DUBUQUE. Absent while raising a war party, Aquoqua miss...
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- 08:1308:13, 14 June 2008 diff hist +430 N APPEL, Brent New page: center|thumb|100px|Brent AppelAPPEL, Brent. (Dubuque, IA-- ). Justice, Iowa Supreme Court. Appel received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford Un...
- 08:1208:12, 14 June 2008 diff hist +228 N ANTRIM, Jennie New page: ANTRIM, Jennie. (Turkey River, IA, Aug. 31, 1858--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 25, 1940). Lighthouse keeper. Beginning in 1894, Antrim was the keeper of lighthouses and superintendent of navigation ...
- 08:0508:05, 14 June 2008 diff hist +500 N ANTAYA, Josette New page: ANTAYA, Josette. (Unknown-Prairie du Chien, WI, Nov. 22, 1818). Servant. Antaya was one of two servants of Julien DUBUQUE while he lived near his LEAD mines along t...
- 08:0408:04, 14 June 2008 diff hist +406 N ANTARCTICA New page: ANTARCTICA. Ice-covered continent surrounding the South Pole. The first chaplain on Antarctica was Rev. William J. MENSTER of Dubuque. Menster, a naval chaplain, acc...
- 08:0008:00, 14 June 2008 diff hist +682 N ANDREW, William New page: ANDREW, William. (Scotland, Nov. 20, 1820-San Francisco, CA, Oct. 10, 1896). Wholesale dealer in heavy and shelf hardware. Andrew temporarily moved to Dubuque in 1846, but left the city fo...
- 07:5407:54, 14 June 2008 diff hist +72 N ANDERSON, Peggy New page: ANDERSON, Peggy. See: IOWA HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING COACHES HALL OF FAME
- 07:5207:52, 14 June 2008 diff hist +358 N ANDERSON, Kentuck New page: ANDERSON, Kentuck. (Unknown-Dubuque, IA, 1837). Trouble-maker. Anderson was recognized as one of Dubuque's earliest if not most proficient bullies. Threatened by Anderson with a pistol, Th...
- 07:4807:48, 14 June 2008 diff hist +4,520 N AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK New page: AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK. In 1991 Dubuque's second oldest bank. American Trust is the successor of the GERMAN SAVINGS BANK whose formation was announced locally on October 14,18...
- 07:4407:44, 14 June 2008 diff hist +206 N AMERICAN LEGION New page: AMERICAN LEGION. The largest veteran's organization in the United States. Dubuque first hosted the state convention of the Legion in 1933. The commander of Post #6 in Dubuque at the time w...
- 07:4307:43, 14 June 2008 diff hist +618 N AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION New page: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION. Organization dedicated to the defense of civil liberties for individuals or groups. The founding meeting of a Tri-State chapter of the ACLU was scheduled fo...
- 07:4107:41, 14 June 2008 diff hist +35 N AMERICA GUARDS New page: AMERICA GUARDS. See: CIVIL WAR.
- 07:4007:40, 14 June 2008 diff hist 0 AMECHE, Don No edit summary
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- 07:3907:39, 14 June 2008 diff hist +663 N AMECHE, Don New page: AMECHE, Don. (Kenosha, WI, May 31, 1908-Scottsdale, AZ, Dec. 6, 1993). Actor. Ameche is a well-respected Hollywood actor with such film credits as "Cocoon," for which he received an Oscar ...
- 07:3807:38, 14 June 2008 diff hist +447 N ALUMNI HALL New page: ALUMNI HALL-UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE. Second building constructed on the campus of the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE. Often called "Old Chapel," Alumni Hall was constructed in 1907 for daily serv...
- 07:3707:37, 14 June 2008 diff hist +342 N ALTMAN, Theodore New page: ALTMAN, Theodore. (Duchy of Luxemburg, Germany, Mar. 23, 1833-Chicago, IL, June 30, 1939). Owner of the Harmony Hall and publisher. Altman immigrated to the United States in 1857 and came ...
- 07:3007:30, 14 June 2008 diff hist +510 N ALTMAN, Franc Collier New page: ALTMAN, Franc Collier. (Dubuque, IA- ). Chairman of the board and CEO, SPAHN AND ROSE LUMBER COMPANY. Altman, son of Franc K. ALTMAN and grandson of [[ALTMAN, Franc...
- 07:2707:27, 14 June 2008 diff hist 0 ADAMS, Austin No edit summary
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- 06:5406:54, 14 June 2008 diff hist +1,204 N ALLISON-HENDERSON PARK New page: ALLISON-HENDERSON PARK. Bounded by Loras Boulevard, University Avenue, Nowata Street and Grandview Avenue, the park honors William B. ALLISON and [[HENDERSON, Dav...
- 06:5006:50, 14 June 2008 diff hist +2,556 N ALLISON, William Boyd New page: ALLISON, William Boyd. (Perry, Wayne County, OH, Mar. 2, 1829-Dubuque, IA, Aug. 4, 1908). United States Senator from 1873 to 1908. Known as the "Gibraltar of Iowa Democracy" and "Mr. Repub...
- 06:4806:48, 14 June 2008 diff hist +422 N ALLEN, William Paggett New page: ALLEN, William Paggett. (Mason County, KY, Sept. 18, 1824-Dubuque, IA, Mar. 3, 1898). Inventor. Allen received a patent on his formula for friction matches. One of the first and the longes...
- 06:4706:47, 14 June 2008 diff hist +477 N ALLEN, Cletus E New page: ALLEN, Cletus E. (Dubuque, IA- ). Street Superintendent. Allen, appointed superintendent of streets in June 1937, served in the position for thirty-five years and saw the department become...
- 06:4706:47, 14 June 2008 diff hist +1,056 N ALEXANDER COLLEGE New page: ALEXANDER COLLEGE. One of the Midwest's most publicized educational experiments of the 1850s. Promoters claimed the college was destined to become for Iowa what Yale was to Connecticut. Jo...
- 06:4306:43, 14 June 2008 diff hist +303 N ALDERSON, James New page: ALDERSON, James. (Cass Township, IA-Strawberry Point, IA, Nov. 2, 1953). Physician. Alderson was an active promoter of the city manager style of government. He served as the first [[MAYOR]...
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