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19 July 2008

• 04:0504:05, 19 July 2008 diff hist +5,061 N DUBUQUE, Julien New page: DUBUQUE, Julien. (Trois Rivieres, Canada, Jan. 10, 1762-western shore of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Mar. 24, 1810). Miner, fur trader, farmer. Dubuque, for whom the city is named, traveled tow...
• 03:5803:58, 19 July 2008 diff hist +30 DUBUQUE (steamboats) No edit summary
• 03:5603:56, 19 July 2008 diff hist +4,015 N DUBUQUE (steamboats) New page: DUBUQUE (steamboats) The name "Dubuque" was used on four steamboats in the history of MISSISSIPPI RIVER commerce. Using the names of river cities for the names of steamboats was based ...
• 03:5303:53, 19 July 2008 diff hist +706 N DUBUQUE (spelling) New page: DUBUQUE (spelling) Several spellings of "Dubuque" have occurred. Julien DUBUQUE wrote his name as we know it today, "Dubuque." In the published records of the commissi...
• 03:5203:52, 19 July 2008 diff hist +18 N DRYBONE New page: DRYBONE. See: ZINC
• 03:5103:51, 19 July 2008 diff hist +783 N DRIVE-INS New page: DRIVE-INS. Popular site of MOTION PICTURE entertainment. Dubuque entered the drive-in business later than many communities. The Dubuque Drive-In opened in 1950. Dubuque's second drive ...
• 03:4703:47, 19 July 2008 diff hist +252 N DOWNTOWN CATHOLIC New page: DOWNTOWN CATHOLIC. Formed in 1982 as a consolidation of St. Patrick's and St. Mary's parish schools. Enrollment in 1991 was 280. Kindergarten through third grade were housed in St. Mary's....
• 03:4603:46, 19 July 2008 diff hist +36 N DOWLER'S HUMBUG New page: DOWLER'S HUMBUG. See: BOAT BUILDING.
• 03:4603:46, 19 July 2008 diff hist +666 N DOWD, Vince New page: DOWD, Vince. (Seattle, WA-Dubuque, IA, Apr. 23, 1965). Basketball coaching legend at LORAS COLLEGE. Dowd joined the coaching staff at Loras College in 1941 and in his first season led ...
• 03:3903:39, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,155 N DOMINICAN FATHERS New page: DOMINICAN FATHERS. Order from the Province of St. Albert, River Forest, Illinois. Candidates for the Order began coming to LORAS COLLEGE in the mid-1940s to complete two years of a lib...
• 03:3803:38, 19 July 2008 diff hist +25 N DOCTOR New page: DOCTOR. See: BOATBUILDING
• 03:3603:36, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,082 N DI TELLA, Ferdinand New page: DI TELLA, Ferdinand. (New York, NY, Dec. 25, 1902-Dubuque, IA, Mar. 19, 1948). Music supervisor. Di Tell graduated from the Juilliard School of Music in New York, Chicago Musical College, ...
• 03:3303:33, 19 July 2008 diff hist +724 N DILLON, Lyman New page: DILLON, Lyman. (NY, June 12, 1800--Dec. 8, 1857). Settler. Dillon, a Cascade area farmer and sawmill operator, was hired in 1839 to establish a trail between Dubuque and Iowa City. The rou...
• 03:3103:31, 19 July 2008 diff hist +388 N DIETRICH, John New page: DIETRICH, John. (Prussia, May 27, 1827-May 10, 1921). Brick manufacturer. Dietrich, arriving in Dubuque in 1855, was a plasterer and manufacturer of lime for nineteen years. In 1874 he b...
• 02:2902:29, 19 July 2008 diff hist +937 N DIAMOND JO LINE New page: DIAMOND JO LINE. In December 1977, the former Diamond Jo Boat Store and Office, now property of Inland Molasses Company at Jones and Terminal STREETS, was added to the [[NATIONAL REGIS...
• 02:2602:26, 19 July 2008 diff hist −4 DEWEBER, Don No edit summary
• 02:2502:25, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,195 N DEWEBER, Don New page: DEWEBER, Don. (Hastings, NB-- ). Curator of the world's most extensive collection of checkers literature written in the English language. Beginning in 1979 with the acquisition of two majo...
• 02:1502:15, 19 July 2008 diff hist +496 N DETERMAN, Thomas New page: DETERMAN, Thomas. (Clinton, IA, Mar. 10, 1948- ). Teacher and administrator. Determan, past president of the DUBUQUE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, was selected the 1987 Teacher of the Year by...
• 02:1302:13, 19 July 2008 diff hist +610 N DEMING, Margaret New page: DEMING, Margaret. (Lennox, IA-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 4, 1972). Girl Scout leader. Deming organized the first Catholic Girl Scout Troop in Dubuque. With her late husband, Dr. Louis Deming, she f...
• 02:1202:12, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,580 N DEMING, Judson Keith New page: DEMING, Judson Keith. (Sheldon, VT, Sept. 18, 1858-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 21, 1953). Banker. Deming founded the Dubuque chapter of the American Red Cross. Using the pseudonym of Jay Cady, devel...
• 02:1002:10, 19 July 2008 diff hist +793 N DEININGER, George New page: DEININGER, George. (Wausau, WI, May 31, 1923- ). Secretary-Treasurer, The Durrant Group, Inc. In 1950 Deininger became the third person to join the architectural firm of Durrant and Berqui...
• 02:0802:08, 19 July 2008 diff hist +564 N DEICH, Don New page: DEICH, Don. (Dubuque, IA- ). Veteran city councilman. Deich, a member of the Dubuque City Council, presided as chairperson of Dubuque Citizens Advisory Commission, chairperson of the Codes...
• 02:0602:06, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,145 N DE FONTAINE, Edward New page: DE FONTAINE, Edward. (Dubuque, IA, 1930-Alexandria, VA, Apr. 23, 2002). Broadcaster. In 1945 while still in high school, De Fontaine started his radio career at KDTH as an announcer and co...
• 02:0402:04, 19 July 2008 diff hist +909 N DAVISON, Jon New page: DAVISON, Jon. (Aledo, IL- ). One of the top twenty basketball coaches at the NCAA Division III level. With over three hundred career victories, Davison, a 1961 graduate of the [[UNIVERSITY...
• 02:0302:03, 19 July 2008 diff hist +502 N DAVIS, Timothy New page: DAVIS, Timothy. (Newark, NJ, Mar. 29, 1794--Elkader, IA, Apr. 27, 1872). Iowa Representative. Davis, an attorney from Missouri, moved to Dubuque in 1837 and established his law practice. H...
• 02:0202:02, 19 July 2008 diff hist +732 N DAVIS, Jefferson New page: DAVIS, Jefferson. (Fairview, KY, June 3, 1808-New Orleans, IA, Dec. 6, 1889). President of the Confederate States of America. In 1832 Davis, then a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was ordered...
• 01:5701:57, 19 July 2008 diff hist +214 N DAVIDSAVER, George R New page: DAVIDSAVER, George R. (Dubuque, IA-Chicago, IL, Apr. 27, 1970). Athlete. Davidsaver, a railroad conductor with the Illinois Central Railroad, reached the Golden Gloves finals in Chicago in...
• 01:5601:56, 19 July 2008 diff hist +3 DAVENPORT, Ira No edit summary
• 01:5601:56, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,778 N DAVENPORT, Ira New page: DAVENPORT, Ira. (Winfield, KS, Oct. 8, 1887--Dubuque, IA, July 17, 1941). Owner, DUBUQUE BOAT AND BOILER WORKS. Davenport came to Dubuque on January 1, 1915, and served as the construc...
• 01:4701:47, 19 July 2008 diff hist +714 N DANK (Deutsch-Amerikanischer National Kongress) New page: DANK (Deutsch-Amerikanischer National Kongress). Chicago-based organization dedicated to the preservation of German customs and heritage in the United States. Also known as the German-Ame...
• 01:4401:44, 19 July 2008 diff hist +950 N DAN DONOVAN TOURNAMENT New page: DAN DONOVAN TOURNAMENT. One of the longest lasting basketball tournaments in the United States. The annual tournament, sponsored by the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE and played in McCormick Gy...
• 01:4301:43, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1 DALZELL, Wilbur No edit summary
• 01:4301:43, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,189 N DALZELL, Wilbur New page: DALZELL, Wilbur. (Dartown, OH, Nov. 11, 1897--Dubuque, IA, July 18, 1980). Coach. Dalzell was the first prep coach named to the Iowa Coaches' Hall of Fame in three sports. Inducted in 1968...
• 01:4001:40, 19 July 2008 diff hist +470 N DALE, Paul D New page: DALE, Paul D. (Chariton, IA, -Dubuque, IA, May 14,1986). Founder of THERMOLYNE. Dale, retired as company president in 1970, co-founded the Dubuque JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT. He served on the ...
• 01:3901:39, 19 July 2008 diff hist +2,058 N DAKOTA New page: DAKOTA. Powerful tribe of Native Americans, often called the Sioux, that forced the MIAMI back into Wisconsin, dominated other tribes and posed a serious threat to white settlement of the ...
• 01:3401:34, 19 July 2008 diff hist +36 N CYCARE PLAZA New page: CYCARE PLAZA. See: DUBUQUE BUILDING.
• 01:3101:31, 19 July 2008 diff hist +568 N CUSHING, James New page: CUSHING, James. (Plymouth Co., MA, Aug. 4, 1830-Los Angeles, CA, Apr. 9, 1917). Owner, Northwestern Vinegar Works. Cushing came to Iowa in 1859 and soon bought his father's interest in the...
• 01:3001:30, 19 July 2008 diff hist +754 N CURNAN, Robert New page: CURNAN, Robert. (Davenport, IA- ). Judge. Curnan, Dubuque County Attorney for eight years, was appointed an Iowa District Court judge by Iowa Governor Robert Ray in 1980. As County Attorne...
• 01:2901:29, 19 July 2008 diff hist +578 N CUNNINGHAM, Gordon New page: CUNNINGHAM, Gordon. (Davenport, IA- ). Golf pro. Cunningham served as the head golf professional at BUNKER HILL GOLF COURSE for thirteen years. During his tenure from 1953 through 1965...
• 01:2701:27, 19 July 2008 diff hist +724 N CRYSTAL LAKE CAVE New page: CRYSTAL LAKE CAVE. Site of dazzling displays of rock formations. Discovered in 1868 by James Rice, a LEAD miner in search of ore-bearing stone, the cave originally had to be reached by...
• 01:2601:26, 19 July 2008 diff hist +99 N CRYSTAL BALLS New page: CRYSTAL BALLS. Elegant holiday galas used by the Friends of Finley to raise money for the hospital.
• 01:2501:25, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,183 N CRUSE, Dick New page: CRUSE, Dick. (Shelton, WA- ). "Singing Sheriff." By 1991 Cruse had become one of Dubuque's most popular sources of after dinner musical entertainment with such songs as "In the Good Old Su...
• 01:2401:24, 19 July 2008 diff hist +38 N CRUISE New page: CRUISE. See: Saturday Night KAT Cruise
• 01:2301:23, 19 July 2008 diff hist +794 N CROSSLEY, George Emmons New page: CROSSLEY, George Emmons. (Dubuque, IA, May 21, 1911-Dubuque, IA, May 21, 1989). Naturalist. Crossley, past president of Nature Conservancy of Iowa and member/officer of the Dubuque Audubon...
• 01:2201:22, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,163 N CROSSLEY, Frieda New page: CROSSLEY, Frieda. (Denver, IA- ). Naturalist and teacher. Crossley, a music teacher at IRVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AUDUBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, and [[JEFF...
• 01:2001:20, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,078 N CROSIER New page: CROSIER. Symbol of a bishop's authority presented to him when he is consecrated. The gold plated crosier of Bishop Mathias LORAS was used for the first time since his de...
• 01:1401:14, 19 July 2008 diff hist +275 N CRESTING New page: CRESTING. Decorative work, often wrought iron, found along the roof of homes done in SECOND EMPIRE ARCHITECTURE. An example in Dubuque may be found on the roof of the Hoffmann Mortua...
• 01:1301:13, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,655 N CRESCENT ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY New page: CRESCENT ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY. Major wholesale electrical distributor in the United , States. Crescent Electric Supply Company was founded on April 15, 1919, by [[SCHMID, Titus B.|Titus...
• 01:0901:09, 19 July 2008 diff hist +62 N COUNTRY CLUB COMPANY (THE) New page: COUNTRY CLUB COMPANY (THE) See: DUBUQUE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB.
• 01:0501:05, 19 July 2008 diff hist +491 N CORNERSTONE New page: CORNERSTONE. Drug contact house established in 1971 and operated by Service and Fraternal, Inc., a non-profit corporation having a five-member board of directors. Jack Hanson, the director...