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17 June 2008
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- 18:2218:22, 17 June 2008 diff hist +4,931 N BANKS AND BANKING New page: BANKS AND BANKING. The first bank to begin operations in Iowa was the MINER'S BANK of Dubuque. Controversial from almost its beginning the bank was investigated by a legislative commit...
- 03:3703:37, 17 June 2008 diff hist +4 BANK HOLIDAY No edit summary
- 03:3603:36, 17 June 2008 diff hist +1,121 N BANK HOLIDAY New page: BANK HOLIDAY. The forced closing of the nation's banks in response to the more than 5,100 bank failures between 1930 and 1932 during the Great Depression. On Saturday, March 4, 1933, Iow...
- 03:3503:35, 17 June 2008 diff hist +1,849 N BANK AND INSURANCE BUILDING New page: BANK AND INSURANCE BUILDING. One of Dubuque's landmark business buildings. Concern that Dubuque was slipping behind other Iowa communities in the availability of modern office space was no...
- 03:2903:29, 17 June 2008 diff hist +407 N BANDY, Merle New page: BANDY, Merle. (Dubuque, IA, July 2, 1917--Dubuque, IA, July 9, 1987). Fire fighter. Bandy, a member of the Dubuque FIRE DEPARTMENT for twenty-three years, served as president of the Du...
- 03:2803:28, 17 June 2008 diff hist +431 N BANDA, Pierre New page: BANDA, Pierre. (Malawi- ). First AFRICAN AMERICAN president of the LORAS COLLEGE Senate. In 1983 Banda avoided elimination in the primary election by one vote. He campaigned on to ...
- 03:2803:28, 17 June 2008 diff hist +721 N BALLOONISTS New page: BALLOONISTS (early). One of Dubuque's first demonstrations of ballooning was made on July 18, 1889. A crowd estimated at two hundred people paid admission to the baseball park and another ...
- 03:2703:27, 17 June 2008 diff hist +549 N BALLIN, Joseph New page: BALLIN, Joseph. (Germany-Miami, FL, Nov. 1931). Clothier. Ballin, a pioneer in Dubuque's retail clothing market, came to Dubuque from Chicago and purchased a clothing store at Fourth and M...
- 03:2603:26, 17 June 2008 diff hist +745 N BALDWIN, Bruce New page: BALDWIN, Bruce "Circus." (Cascade, IA-St. Joseph, MO, Apr. 16, 1914). Racing promoter and newspaperman. Baldwin was considered one of eastern Iowa's best-known sports writers and experts o...
- 03:2403:24, 17 June 2008 diff hist +534 N BAKEY, Richard New page: BAKEY, Richard. (Dubuque, IA- ). Trooper, Iowa Highway Safety Patrol Bakey was appointed to the Patrol on October 1,1964, and was assigned to Iowa Falls as a road Trooper. He transferred t...
- 03:2303:23, 17 June 2008 diff hist +704 N BAKER, Martha New page: BAKER, Martha. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, Feb. 1962). Charter member of the Y.W.C.A. Baker, the daughter of Frances McNear BAKER, was a member of the first bui...
- 03:1703:17, 17 June 2008 diff hist +407 N BAINBRIDGE, Norman New page: BAINBRIDGE, Norman. (Olmstead, OH, May 4, 1913-Dubuque, IA, Aug. 11, 1988). President, FINLEY HOSPITAL Board. Bainbridge, general manager of St. Regis Paper Company until his retiremen...
- 03:1503:15, 17 June 2008 diff hist +242 N BABEL New page: BABEL. Name given by 19th century Dubuque residents to the downtown area. Here the mixture of different languages distinguished it from the predominantly German-speaking northern end of th...
- 03:1003:10, 17 June 2008 diff hist +657 N B.O.L.D. New page: B.O.L.D. (Blind Outdoor Leisure Development). Founded in 1969 by a blind skier in Aspen, Colorado, to teach the joy of skiing to those without sight. SUNDOWN instructors began teaching...
14 June 2008
- 10:0310:03, 14 June 2008 diff hist 0 ALEXANDER COLLEGE No edit summary
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- 09:2809:28, 14 June 2008 diff hist +949 N AVON THEATER New page: AVON THEATER. Successor of the PRINCESS THEATER. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. [[YI...
- 09:2609:26, 14 June 2008 diff hist +526 N AVON PARK New page: AVON PARK. Neighborhood park located along Avon Street on top of the West 11th Street bluff. Created with a grant from the federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation and federal money for commun...
- 09:2609:26, 14 June 2008 diff hist 0 AVENUE TOP MINING COMPANY No edit summary
- 09:2509:25, 14 June 2008 diff hist +447 N AVENUE TOP MINING COMPANY New page: left|thumb|100px|Avenue Top Mining CompanyAVENUE TOP MINING COMPANY. One of Dubuque's richest ZINC producers. The Avenue Top Company was incorporated with...
- 09:2409:24, 14 June 2008 diff hist +1,007 N AUTOMOBILES New page: AUTOMOBILES (first). The first automobile to be introduced to the citizens of Dubuque was owned by F. O. FARWELL. An electric runabout of questionable ability, the ...
- 09:2009:20, 14 June 2008 diff hist +575 N AUTOMOBILE INSTITUTE New page: AUTOMOBILE INSTITUTE. A pioneering effort introducing automobile maintenance to their owners. A unique educational project in the United States begun in Iowa, the institute was designed by...
- 09:1809:18, 14 June 2008 diff hist +1,573 N AUDUBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL New page: AUDUBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Originally known as the Fifth Ward School. The school was renamed Audubon on December 23,1889, after the board of education chose to rename all the buildings aft...
- 09:1509:15, 14 June 2008 diff hist +335 N AUCTIONEER New page: AUCTIONEER. On August 18, 1972, Norma Jean Koppen, one of three female civil service guards of women and juvenile prisoners for the Dubuque Police Department, became the first female aucti...
- 09:1309:13, 14 June 2008 diff hist −2 ATOMIC RESEARCH No edit summary
- 09:1309:13, 14 June 2008 diff hist +640 N ATOMIC RESEARCH New page: center|thumb|150px|Atomic ResearchATOMIC RESEARCH. In May 1953 Arthur Whalen, later a principal in the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT at Lincoln, Sagevi...
- 09:1009:10, 14 June 2008 diff hist +703 N ATCHISON, Hugh Dowling New page: ATCHISON, Hugh Dowling. (Belvidere, IL, Nov. 15, 1864-Dubuque, IA, Nov. 3, 1952). Clergyman. Between 1900 and 1938 Atchison served as the chorus director of festival concerts for the [[UNI...
- 09:0609:06, 14 June 2008 diff hist +946 N ASHLEY, William Henry New page: ASHLEY, William Henry. (Powhatan County, VA, 1778-Boonesville, MO, Mar. 26, 1838). Congressman and fur trader. Working on behalf of his Missouri constituents, Ashley, a member of the Unite...
- 09:0009:00, 14 June 2008 diff hist +249 N ARTESIAN BOTTLING COMPANY New page: ARTESIAN BOTTLING COMPANY. In 1989 one of three independent bottling companies remaining in Iowa. Artesian Bottling Company, like other independents, sold soft drinks in clear ten-ounce bo...
- 08:5908:59, 14 June 2008 diff hist +435 N ART DETECTIVE New page: ART DETECTIVE. In 1980 James Welu, LORAS COLLEGE graduate and the curator of the Worcester (MA) Art Museum, found among the items to be sold by a church in Massachusetts a lost paintin...
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- 08:5108:51, 14 June 2008 diff hist +1,270 N ARMSTRONG, John New page: ARMSTRONG, John. (Nickerson, NB-Dubuque, IA, Apr. 29, 1960). Athlete. Armstrong, named to Iowa's Sports Hall of Fame in 1951, served as an interim manager of the Dubuque Packers baseball t...
- 08:4408:44, 14 June 2008 diff hist +736 N ARCHITECTURE New page: ARCHITECTURE. Since its founding, Dubuque has seen many industries flourish and fade within the community. The rise of each new industrial base brought with it wealth and power to those in...
