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20 July 2008

• 01:0301:03, 20 July 2008 diff hist +3,295 N FERRYBOATS New page: FERRYBOATS. Early method of transportation across the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Regular ferry service across the river began in the spring of 1837. A large boat was placed in service with pad...
• 01:0001:00, 20 July 2008 diff hist +555 N FERRING, Robert. (Rev. Msgr.) New page: FERRING, Robert. (Rev. Msgr.) (Waukon, IA- ). Chancellor, ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE. Ferring, a member of the LORAS COLLEGE staff since 1958, was a co-founder of the Upper Midwest Hon...
• 00:5900:59, 20 July 2008 diff hist +335 N FERRING, Mark New page: FERRING, Mark. (Dubuque, IA--- ). National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) flight director. Ferring was the first flight director for NASA from Dubuque. Involved in many aspe...
• 00:5500:55, 20 July 2008 diff hist +1,284 N FENGLER, George New page: FENGLER, George. (Breslau, Germany, Apr. 9, 1841-Dubuque, IA, Apr. 28, 1900). Lime manufacturer. Fengler, who came to Dubuque with his parents in 1849, established the EAGLE POINT LIME...
• 00:5300:53, 20 July 2008 diff hist +592 N FENGLER, Ernest New page: FENGLER, Ernest. (Germany-Evansville, IN, Aug. 1865). Merchant. Fengler, father of George FENGLER and his family immigrated to the United States in 1832 or 1833 and sett...
• 00:5000:50, 20 July 2008 diff hist +342 N FENELON, Ken New page: FENELON, Ken. (Dubuque, IA, 1909-Dubuque, IA, 1972). Professional wrestler. Fenelon's interest in wrestling, developed while a student at DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, led to his winning...
• 00:5000:50, 20 July 2008 diff hist +1 FEDERAL COURT No edit summary
• 00:4900:49, 20 July 2008 diff hist +1,033 N FEDERAL COURT New page: FEDERAL COURT. On July 1, 1973, a 123-year history of federal courts in Dubuque ended. The legacy began in 1849 when John J. Dyer, judge of the Iowa Judicial District, established a court ...
• 00:4400:44, 20 July 2008 diff hist +21 FARWELL, Fay Oliver No edit summary
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• 00:4200:42, 20 July 2008 diff hist +2,058 N FARWELL, Fay Oliver New page: FARWELL, Fay Oliver. (Pecatonica, IL, 1859-Toledo, OH, May 24, 1935). Inventor. While employed by the ADAMS COMPANY, Farwell led efforts to develop the ADAMS-FARWELL AUTOMOBILE. He...
• 00:3600:36, 20 July 2008 diff hist +890 N FARMERS' MARKET New page: FARMERS' MARKET. Popular Dubuque spring, summer, and fall event held on Saturday mornings. With a tradition going back over one hundred years, Farmers' Market covers a four-block area arou...

19 July 2008

• 19:5219:52, 19 July 2008 diff hist +2,977 N FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY New page: FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Once the largest mill working plant in the world. Farley and Loetscher began humbly in 1875 when Christian LOETSCHER, a...
• 19:4519:45, 19 July 2008 diff hist +293 N FANNING, James New page: FANNING, James. (Queens County, Ireland--Dubuque, IA, May 3, 1857). MAYOR. Fanning served as mayor of Dubuque in 1843. One of the first residents of the area, Fanning came to Dubuque i...
• 19:4419:44, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,201 N FALB, Mark New page: FALB, Mark. (Postville, IA-- ). Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Westmark Enterprises, Inc. A graduate of the University of Iowa in 1969, Falb was employed with McGladrey, Hendrickso...
• 19:4219:42, 19 July 2008 diff hist +2,036 N FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH New page: FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Philip Miller, possibly the first evangelist in Dubuque, came to the city in 1855. Other ministers visited the city, and at a revival meeting held in 1859 at...
• 19:4019:40, 19 July 2008 diff hist +2,633 N FAIRS New page: FAIRS. Early fairs in Dubuque encouraged advancement in agriculture. The first fair was held in 1855, one year after the organization of the Dubuque County Agricultural Society. Small loca...
• 19:3619:36, 19 July 2008 diff hist +535 N FAIRBANKS, Josiah New page: FAIRBANKS, Josiah. (Harvard, MA, July 17, 1818--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 21, 1910). Shipper and baker. Fairbanks came to Dubuque in 1856. One of his first shipping contracts called for transporti...
• 19:3519:35, 19 July 2008 diff hist +746 N FABER, Urban "Red" New page: FABER, Urban "Red" (Cascade, IA, Sept. 6, 1888--Chicago, IL, Sept. 15, 1976). Baseball player. Faber, the last legal spitball pitcher, was named to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown...
• 19:3319:33, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,956 N F.I.S.T. New page: F.I.S.T. One of several MOTION PICTURES made in Dubuque. F.I.S.T. gave Dubuque national exposure as a potential site for movie making. The film, a story of the rise and fall of a powe...
• 19:3019:30, 19 July 2008 diff hist +2 EXECUTIONS No edit summary
• 19:3019:30, 19 July 2008 diff hist +445 N EXECUTIONS New page: EXECUTIONS. The first and last episodes of capital punishment in Iowa were linked to Dubuque. On June 20,1834, Patrick O'CONNOR, a convicted murderer, became the firs...
• 19:2619:26, 19 July 2008 diff hist +992 N EULENSPIEGEL PUPPET THEATER New page: EULENSPIEGEL PUPPET THEATER. Puppet troupe. Founded in 1974 by Monica Leo, the puppet troupe, specializing in dramatization of stories from Rumania, Scandinavia, and American prankster tal...
• 19:2519:25, 19 July 2008 diff hist +821 N EUCHRE New page: EUCHRE. Dubuque's favorite card game. The game is thought to have started among the Pennsylvania "Dutch" (actually German immigrants), who brought the card game west with them as they move...
• 19:2219:22, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,203 N ETHNIC SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS New page: ETHNIC SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS. Early Dubuque settlers developed or brought with them social organizations often linked to their nationality. The Deutscher Kriegerbund von Nord-Amerika (Germa...
• 19:1919:19, 19 July 2008 diff hist +628 N ESTABROOK, Edith New page: ESTABROOK, Edith. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 3, 1887--Albany, NY, Jan. 23, 1989). Champion golfer. In 1935 Estabrook became the youngest contestant to win the Iowa Women's Golf championship. The d...
• 19:0919:09, 19 July 2008 diff hist +632 N ERNST, Daniel New page: ERNST, Daniel. (Des Moines, IA,-Dubuque, IA, Apr. 1, 1983). Banker. Ernst held the office of president of AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK from 1938 to 1968. He was also the chairman of...
• 19:0819:08, 19 July 2008 diff hist +738 N ERNSDORFF, Louis E New page: ERNSDORFF, Louis E. (Dubuque, IA--Dubuque, IA, Nov. 10, 1980). Chaplain, Dubuque police and fire departments. Ernsdorff, mathematics professor at LORAS COLLEGE, served as chairman of t...
• 19:0219:02, 19 July 2008 diff hist +792 N EMMAUS BIBLE COLLEGE New page: EMMAUS BIBLE COLLEGE. The largest Bible college in the United States and Canada. The college serves the Plymouth and Christian Brethren movements, offering one- and three-year Bible progra...
• 18:5918:59, 19 July 2008 diff hist +2,341 N ELMS New page: ELMS. Stately trees that once graced much of the city. Elms planted and cared for by Joseph A. RHOMBERG formed the glorious but doomed "Cathedral of the Elms" along...
• 18:5618:56, 19 July 2008 diff hist +973 N ELLWANGER, John Peter New page: ELLWANGER, John Peter. (Hese-Darmstadt,Germany, May 24, 1849-Dubuque, IA, Apr. 22, 1917). President, John Ellwanger Company. In June 1875, Ellwanger, in partnership with Michael Brady, pur...
• 18:5518:55, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,954 N ELLSWORTH, Theodore Richards New page: ELLSWORTH, Theodore Richards. (Dubuque, IA--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 30, 1986). State legislator. Ellsworth served in the Iowa Legislature from 1969 through 1972. The president of the Lange Insu...
• 18:5218:52, 19 July 2008 diff hist +188 N ELLIOTT, Marguerite New page: ELLIOTT, Marguerite. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, Aug. 22, 1973). Officer, WA-TAN-YE. Elliott was a charter member of Wa- Tan- Ye and served as the first president of the Dubuque chapter.
• 18:4918:49, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1 ELEVATIONS No edit summary
• 18:4918:49, 19 July 2008 diff hist +3 ELEVATIONS No edit summary
• 18:4918:49, 19 July 2008 diff hist +261 N ELEVATIONS New page: ELEVATIONS. Representative sea level elevations for different sites in Dubuque include: Zero at the river gate………584.94 feet Municipal airport …………1080.00 feet Lincoln Sch...
• 18:4718:47, 19 July 2008 diff hist +4 ELECTRIC POWER No edit summary
• 18:4618:46, 19 July 2008 diff hist +3,591 N ELECTRIC POWER New page: ELECTRIC POWER. The use of electric power in Dubuque developed slowly. Reflecting the distrust Dubuque residents felt toward the dependability of electricity, many homes were equipped with...
• 18:4418:44, 19 July 2008 diff hist +347 N EKLUND, George New page: EKLUND, George. (Long Island, NY, 1953- ). Poet. In 1982 Eklund published his third book, ''Gone West of Sunrise Highway'', preceded by ''First Sunrise'' and ''Infant Dawn''. After graduat...
• 18:4218:42, 19 July 2008 diff hist +481 N EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL New page: EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Dedicated November 24, 1968. Designed like HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Eisenhower was located farther north along J. F. Kennedy Road and west among homes in...
• 18:3818:38, 19 July 2008 diff hist +481 N EHLARDT, George (Reverend) New page: EHLARDT, George (Reverend) (St. Louis, MO--Dubuque, IA, Jan., 1980). Art expert. Ehlardt, a former president of the Dubuque Fine Arts Council and an ordained minister, was a well-known ant...
• 18:3718:37, 19 July 2008 diff hist +541 N EGYPTIAN REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE New page: EGYPTIAN REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE. Rare type of architecture. Flourishing only briefly in the United States, Egyptian Revival found popularity from 1830 to 1850. Most of the buildings using th...
• 18:3618:36, 19 July 2008 diff hist +355 N EGGLESTON, Max New page: EGGLESTON, Max. (Denison, TX- ).[Guide. While working in Dubuque during PROHIBITION, Eggleston polished fishing skills that made him one of America's most sought after guides. In 1967 ...
• 18:3318:33, 19 July 2008 diff hist +661 N EDWARDS, Frank C New page: EDWARDS, Frank C. (Epworth, IA-Houston, TX, July 5, 1975). Dean of Educational Research and Development, Austin College. From 1944 to 1946 Edwards, a magna cum laude graduate of the [[UNIV...
• 18:3018:30, 19 July 2008 diff hist +285 N EDMONDS, Tom New page: EDMONDS, Tom. (Dubuque, IA- ). Pathologist. Edmonds was instrumental in the formation of UNITED CLINICAL LABORATORIES. He has been chairperson of the board for Mercy Health Center, St....
• 18:2918:29, 19 July 2008 diff hist +918 N EDE'S ROBE TANNING COMPANY New page: EDE'S ROBE TANNING COMPANY. Declared in 1910 to be the world's largest tannery of cow and horse hides. Operating from three branches in addition to the Dubuque plant at Jones and South Mai...
• 18:2818:28, 19 July 2008 diff hist +1,409 N ECUMENICAL TOWER New page: ECUMENICAL TOWER. Once controversial downtown housing project for the elderly. Opened in November 1975, Ecumenical Tower was the dream of Ecumenical Housing Inc., led by Rev. [[RHOMBERG, T...
• 18:2718:27, 19 July 2008 diff hist +301 N ECLECTIC ARCHITECTURE New page: ECLECTIC ARCHITECTURE. A mixture of architectural styles in which no one style dominates the others. The house at 1145 Locust Street features a Byzantine dome, corbelled chimneys and a tur...