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18 July 2008
- 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
- 01:2601:26, 18 July 2008 diff hist +8 BYRNE, Robert No edit summary
- 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...