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21 July 2008

• 02:4102:41, 21 July 2008 diff hist +321 N GROFF, Edith New page: GROFF, Edith. (Unknown-Dubuque, IA, Oct. 4, 1972). Concert pianist. Groff, a teacher of music at the Dubuque Academy of Music and (beginning in 1938) a piano instructor at the [[UNIVERSITY...
• 02:4102:41, 21 July 2008 diff hist +178 N GROCERY New page: GROCERY. Term used by Dubuque residents in the 1840s to describe a tavern. A grocery was a place that sold liquor in amounts less than one gallon for consumption on the premises.
• 02:3902:39, 21 July 2008 diff hist +341 N GRIFFITH, Helen Packard New page: GRIFFITH, Helen Packard. (Rochester, NY, May, 1831-Dubuque, IA, Nov. 14, 1883). Prominent society member. Griffith, wife of Jeffrey M. GRIFFITH, served prominently...
• 02:3802:38, 21 July 2008 diff hist +495 N GRIEP, Clarence New page: GRIEP, Clarence. (Shannon City, IA-Dubuque, IA, Feb. 13, 1982). Professor. Griep taught history at the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE beginning in 1966. A member of the university Faculty Assoc...
• 02:3402:34, 21 July 2008 diff hist +625 N GREENE, George New page: GREENE, George. (Staffordshire, England, Apr. 15, 1817-Cedar Rapids, IA, June 23, 1880). Justice, Iowa Supreme Court. Greene, admitted to the Iowa bar in 1840, moved to Dubuque in 1845 aft...
• 02:3302:33, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,113 N GREEK REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE New page: GREEK REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE. Building style that became so popular in the United States between 1820 and 1860 that it was criticized for its repetition. Often rectangular in shape, Greek Re...
• 02:3202:32, 21 July 2008 diff hist +173 N GREEBIES New page: GREEBIES. Legendary small creatures said to inhabit FOUR MOUNDS (Greebie Hollow). Teenagers have occasionally driven through the area in a popular test of their courage.
• 02:3202:32, 21 July 2008 diff hist +3 GREATER DUBUQUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION No edit summary
• 02:2902:29, 21 July 2008 diff hist +4,293 N GREATER DUBUQUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION New page: GREATER DUBUQUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. A clearinghouse for cooperative activity involved with implementing a comprehensive growth and development program for Dubuque. The Dubuque busines...
• 02:2802:28, 21 July 2008 diff hist −116 GRAVESTONE ART No edit summary
• 02:2702:27, 21 July 2008 diff hist +2,369 N GRAVESTONE ART New page: GRAVESTONE ART. Between 1840 and 1905 symbols used on grave markers were a common language to visitors in cemeteries. The symbols were designed to show ideas about the character and attitu...
• 02:2302:23, 21 July 2008 diff hist +362 N GRASHORN, Elroy New page: GRASHORN, Elroy. (Unknown-Dubuque, IA, Apr. 19, 1972). Barber. Grashorn, a barber on Eighth Avenue for many years, served as president and director of the Dubuque Leader Press. He was firs...
• 02:2002:20, 21 July 2008 diff hist +91 N GRANDVIEW AVENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH New page: GRANDVIEW AVENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. See: GRANDVIEW AVENUE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
• 02:1302:13, 21 July 2008 diff hist +957 N GRAHAM, William New page: GRAHAM, William. (Montgomery, NY, Mar. 2, 1830-MT, Nov., 7,1923). Attorney. The son of a state legislator from New York, Graham came to Dubuque in 1867 after serving as the MAYOR of Be...
• 02:0902:09, 21 July 2008 diff hist +581 N GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH New page: GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH. Lewis Heinold, who came to Dubuque to head the Dubuque Mission in the late 1970s, received authority to start a Baptist church within the mission. Formally acknowledg...
• 02:0802:08, 21 July 2008 diff hist +998 N GRAAS, John New page: GRAAS, John. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 14, 1924-Apr. 13,1962). Musician. As a student at DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL , Graas occasionally refused to leave the practice room to attend his other...
• 02:0702:07, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1 GOVERNOR'S GREYS No edit summary
• 02:0702:07, 21 July 2008 diff hist +2,679 N GOVERNOR'S GREYS New page: GOVERNOR'S GREYS. First military company in the United States pledged to the service of the nation at the start of the CIVIL WAR. Realizing the high feeling caused by Abraham Lincoln's...
• 02:0502:05, 21 July 2008 diff hist +865 N GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE New page: GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE. Building style found in its pure form or as part of many ECLECTIC ARCHITECTURE examples in Dubuque. Replacing GREEK REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE in popularity ...
• 02:0402:04, 21 July 2008 diff hist +425 N GORDON, Charles Chester New page: GORDON, Charles Chester. (Plainfield, WI, Aug. 12, 1870-Dubuque, IA, Mar. 15, 1945). Machinist. Gordon, the proprietor of the Gordon Machine Shop at 445 White Street, is acknowledged as th...
• 02:0302:03, 21 July 2008 diff hist +492 N GOOSE HORN MINE New page: GOOSE HORN MINE. Fabulous producer of LEAD and ZINC. The Goose Horn Mine was located west of Grandview Avenue a short distance north of the intersection of Grandview Avenue and Bry...
• 01:0701:07, 21 July 2008 diff hist +918 N GOLD New page: GOLD. One of the world's most precious minerals. Dubuque may have a fortune in gold hidden by Thomas KELLY, a secretive miner, on the bluff behind [[SAINT RAPHAEL'S CATHE...
• 01:0201:02, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,404 N GLODEN, Fred New page: GLODEN, Fred. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 21, 1918- ). Athlete. Continuing a stellar performance in the 1930s as a member of the DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL football team, Gloden helped initiate...
• 00:5800:58, 21 July 2008 diff hist +570 N GLAB, Roy New page: GLAB, Roy. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 14, 1974). Banker. Glab was engaged in banking his entire adult life starting with work at the GERMAN AMERICAN BANK and later with [[AMERICAN ...
• 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...