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21 July 2008

• 00:5700:57, 21 July 2008 diff hist +444 N GLAB, Nicholas New page: GLAB, Nicholas. (Dubuque, IA, Apr. 10, 1857--Dubuque, IA, May 22, 1915). Brewer. Eldest son of Adam GLAB, Nicholas was associated all his life in management of the [[NORTHER...
• 00:5600:56, 21 July 2008 diff hist +709 N GLAB, John New page: GLAB, John. (Guegesheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 11, 1834-Dubuque, IA, Oct. 7, 1922). MAYOR. Glab held the position of alderman during 1883 and 1884 and served as the mayor of D...
• 00:5500:55, 21 July 2008 diff hist +518 N GLAB, Adam New page: GLAB, Adam. (Grand Duchy of Hess-Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 17, 1828-Dubuque, IA, Nov. 26, 1880). Brewer. Glab came to Dubuque in 1852 and became a miner. In 1866 with $50,000 he constructed...
• 00:5400:54, 21 July 2008 diff hist +779 N GIUNTA, Francis New page: GIUNTA, Francis. (Dubuque, IA- ). Labor leader. Giunta has served as president of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO since 1977 and the Dubuque Federation of Labor since 1987. ...
• 00:5300:53, 21 July 2008 diff hist +280 N GIUNTA, Augustine New page: GIUNTA, Augustine. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 14,1908--Milwaukee, WI, Sept. 23, 1991). Reverend. President and principal at the former Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin fro...
• 00:5200:52, 21 July 2008 diff hist +589 N GIROUX, Robert New page: GIROUX, Robert. (VT- ). President, CLARKE COLLEGE. Giroux became president of Clarke College in 1969 succeeding Sister Mary Benedict Phelan, B.V.M., who had held the office since 1957....
• 00:5100:51, 21 July 2008 diff hist +650 GIRL SCOUTS No edit summary
• 00:5000:50, 21 July 2008 diff hist +134 N GIRL SCOUTS New page: GIRL SCOUTS. Dubuque Girl Scouts, chartered by Girls Scouts of the U.S.A. in 1935, became the Little Cloud Girl Scout Council in 1966.
• 00:5000:50, 21 July 2008 diff hist +846 N GINTER, Donna New page: GINTER, Donna. (SD- ). "Mother of Main Street." Ginter's father brought his family to Asbury, Iowa, after losing two sections of farm ground to droughts and grasshoppers. Donna and her lat...
• 00:4800:48, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,023 N GILMORE, Virginia Cooper New page: GILMORE, Virginia Cooper. (Dubuque, IA,--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 22, 1981). Actress. Her grandparents in Dubuque raised Gilmore, granddaughter of Dubuque businessman [[COOPER, Augustine A.|Augu...
• 00:4600:46, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,136 N GILMORE, Paul New page: GILMORE, Paul. (Milwaukee, WI-1962). Actor. Gilmore, son-in-law of A. A. COOPER, helped produce "Pillow Fight," a sixty-second movie which was the first silent movie made in this country. ...
• 00:4400:44, 21 July 2008 diff hist +422 N GILLOON, Frank, Jr New page: GILLOON, Frank, Jr. (Dubuque, IA,- ). Judge. In 1963 Iowa Governor Norman Erbe appointed Gilloon one of Iowa's first municipal court judges. The municipal court replaced an old system of j...
• 00:4300:43, 21 July 2008 diff hist +625 N GIFFORD, Thomas New page: GIFFORD, Thomas. (Dubuque, IA, May 16, 1937- Dubuque, IA, Oct. 31, 2000 Writer. Gifford's first published novel, ''The Wind Chill Factor'' (1975) received the Putnam Award, given in recogn...
• 00:4000:40, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1 GET THE LEAD OUT No edit summary
• 00:3900:39, 21 July 2008 diff hist +230 N GET THE LEAD OUT New page: GET THE LEAD OUT. American bicentennial theatrical production written by HEMMER, PaulPaul HEMMER and Charles Geroux. In 1976, during its four-week, twenty performance run, the play was...
• 00:3800:38, 21 July 2008 diff hist +4,988 N GERMANS New page: GERMANS. German contributions to Dubuque began in the earliest days of the city's history. Since there were so many German immigrants in Dubuque, they felt no need to be defensive around o...
• 00:3600:36, 21 July 2008 diff hist +50 N GERMANIA SOCIETY New page: GERMANIA SOCIETY. See: DUBUQUE SOCIALER TURNVEREIN
• 00:3500:35, 21 July 2008 diff hist +552 N GERMANIA BAND New page: GERMANIA BAND. One of Dubuque's most prominent musical groups. The Germania Band came to public attention in December 1858. With excellence in performance their goal, practice sessions wer...
• 00:3400:34, 21 July 2008 diff hist +691 N GERMAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK New page: GERMAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK Organized on January 24, 1887, the bank was located on the northwest corner of 13th and Clay (Central). Officers of the bank in 1895 were Paul Trout, presiden...

20 July 2008

• 22:1522:15, 20 July 2008 diff hist +937 N GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION OF DUBUQUE New page: GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION OF DUBUQUE. Founded on April 13, 1863, to raise money locally for the construction of a new place of worship. The Association, founded by Reveren...
• 22:1322:13, 20 July 2008 diff hist +906 N GERMAN AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK New page: GERMAN AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK. Chartered by the State of Iowa on December 27, 1911. Nicholas J. SCHRUP and a group of local businessmen founded the bank after observ...
• 22:1022:10, 20 July 2008 diff hist −1 GEOLOGY No edit summary
• 22:0922:09, 20 July 2008 diff hist +2,011 N GEOLOGY New page: GEOLOGY. Ordovician rocks in the Dubuque area were formed from deposits made in shallow water that covered this region as much as 475 million years ago. The middle portion of Iowa's Ordovi...
• 22:0722:07, 20 July 2008 diff hist +713 N GEHRIG, Joseph New page: GEHRIG, Joseph. (Canton, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1819-Dubuque, IA, Apr. 13, 1885). Owner, Jefferson House Hotel. Gehrig came to Dubuque in 1844 and worked in P. E. Lorimier's stone quarry...
• 22:0622:06, 20 July 2008 diff hist +1,807 N GEARHART, Kenneth New page: GEARHART, Kenneth. (Carlisle, IA- ). City Manager. In 1979 Gearhart, succeeding Gilbert CHAVENELLE, became the eighth city manager of Dubuque. A graduate of Grinnel...
• 22:0322:03, 20 July 2008 diff hist +564 N GAZEBO New page: GAZEBO. A pavilion constructed to provide an enjoyable view. In 1877 a forty-foot high oriental gazebo was constructed in WASHINGTON PARK and stood as a landmark of the city for many y...
• 22:0222:02, 20 July 2008 diff hist +624 N GAY MARCHES New page: GAY MARCHES. The first gay march was held in Dubuque on September 19, 1987. Hecklers who shouted obscenities and threw eggs and rocks met an estimated thirty marchers. Organizers of the ma...
• 22:0122:01, 20 July 2008 diff hist +322 N GAVIN, Tom New page: GAVIN, Tom. (Dubuque, IA- ). Regional director for Special Olympics International. In 1991 Gavin directed the sixth annual IOWA SPECIAL OLYMPICS WINTER GAMES, a program he started in D...
• 22:0122:01, 20 July 2008 diff hist +724 N GASOHOL New page: GASOHOL. A fuel mixture of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent corn alcohol. First sold in the 1930s and 194Os, gasohol was not given the opportunity to prove its potential when gasoline wa...
• 21:5921:59, 20 July 2008 diff hist +1,350 N GAS LAMPS New page: GAS LAMPS. On April 12, 1855, citizens of Dubuque witnessed the erection of the first city gas lamps. One of the first stood in front of the Globe Building on the corner of Main and Fifth ...
• 21:5821:58, 20 July 2008 diff hist +734 N GANNON, Timothy J. (Msgr.) New page: GANNON, Timothy J. (Msgr.) (Grand Junction, IA, Apr. 2, 1904-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 26, 1991). Established the department of psychology at LORAS COLLEGE. Gannon was instrumental in the foun...
• 21:5721:57, 20 July 2008 diff hist +605 N GALLOGLY, William New page: GALLOGLY, William. (Burley, ID-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 6, 1977). Businessman. Gallogly, the principal partner in the firm of Spensley, Gallogly, and Brown Insurance Agency, came to Dubuque in 19...
• 21:5621:56, 20 July 2008 diff hist +783 N GALLATIN, Albert New page: GALLATIN, Albert. (Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 29, 1761-Astoria, Long Island, NY, Aug. 12,1849). Secretary of the Treasury. Gallatin became one of the earliest and harshest critics of the id...
• 21:5321:53, 20 July 2008 diff hist +4 GALENA No edit summary
• 21:5321:53, 20 July 2008 diff hist +554 N GALENA New page: GALENA. Once valuable ore that attracted Julien DUBUQUE to this region. The official mineral of Missouri and Wisconsin, galena is a compound of LEAD with the chemic...
• 21:3721:37, 20 July 2008 diff hist 0 BRIGGS, Ansel No edit summary
• 21:3621:36, 20 July 2008 diff hist +1 BRODERICK, James Lonsdale No edit summary
• 21:3521:35, 20 July 2008 diff hist +17 BRODERICK, James Lonsdale No edit summary
• 21:3121:31, 20 July 2008 diff hist −9 BUDDE, Linda No edit summary
• 21:3021:30, 20 July 2008 diff hist +77 BUDDE, Linda No edit summary
• 21:2721:27, 20 July 2008 diff hist +4 BURT, James No edit summary
• 21:1921:19, 20 July 2008 diff hist −8 BREWERIES No edit summary
• 21:1821:18, 20 July 2008 diff hist +165 BREWERIES No edit summary
• 21:0221:02, 20 July 2008 diff hist +525 N BIRD, Willis E. New page: BIRD, Willis E. (Veta Grand, IL-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 8,1946). Co-founder, Bird Chevrolet. Bird came to Dubuque in 1928 when he became associated with the local Chevrolet dealership. In 1937 B...
• 20:5720:57, 20 July 2008 diff hist +861 N FUR TRADE New page: FUR TRADE. One of the primary reasons for French exploration of the Mississippi Valley. By the late 1700s, the value of the fur trade on the Upper MISSISSIPPI RIVER was estimated by a ...
• 20:5620:56, 20 July 2008 diff hist +1,175 N FULTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL New page: FULTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Originally known as the Couler Avenue School. The building was renamed on December 23, 1889, following the desire of the board of education to name each building ...
• 20:4920:49, 20 July 2008 diff hist +673 N FUERSTE, William New page: FUERSTE, William. (Duluth, MN, Jan. 25, 1923- ). Attorney. An eloquent lawyer known for quoting Oliver Wendell Holmes and William Shakespeare in court, Fuerste's legal specialty has been c...
• 20:4720:47, 20 July 2008 diff hist +582 N FRUDDEN LUMBER COMPANY New page: FRUDDEN LUMBER COMPANY. Local lumber company incorporated in 1888 and capitalized at $35,000. With annual sales of approximately $300,000, the Frudden Company was located at the foot of Se...
• 20:4420:44, 20 July 2008 diff hist +310 N FROST, Frank New page: FROST, Frank. (Des Moines, IA- ).Dubuque City Assessor, 1991. Frost served as president of the Iowa State Assessors' Association from 1986 to 1987. Prior to coming to Dubuque in 1981, Fros...
• 20:3420:34, 20 July 2008 diff hist +1 FROMMELT, Leo No edit summary