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21 July 2008

• 17:3317:33, 21 July 2008 diff hist +4 HARVEST SAVINGS BANK No edit summary
• 17:3317:33, 21 July 2008 diff hist −1 HARVEST SAVINGS BANK No edit summary
• 17:3217:32, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,057 N HARVEST SAVINGS BANK New page: HARVEST SAVINGS BANK. Successor to Dubuque Savings and Loan. Harvest Savings Bank, when renamed in August 1985, had ninety-four employees and assets of $180 million. The main office was lo...
• 17:3117:31, 21 July 2008 diff hist +582 N HARTIG, Richard New page: HARTIG, Richard. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 2, 1949- ). Owner, president and chief executive officer of Hartig Drug Stores. Hartig credits his success in business to his insistence on service to t...
• 17:2817:28, 21 July 2008 diff hist +877 N HARRMANN, Terry New page: HARRMANN, Terry. (Sullivan, IL, 1942- ). Former president, DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION. Harrmann successfully led campaigns that convinced Dubuque voters in 1984 to support greyhound ra...
• 17:2717:27, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1 HARRIS, Robert Scribe No edit summary
• 17:2717:27, 21 July 2008 diff hist +20 HARRIS, Robert Scribe No edit summary
• 17:2717:27, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,455 N HARRIS, Robert Scribe New page: HARRIS, Robert Scribe (Delaware Co, NY, Mar. 21, 1810-Jan. 14, 1886): Capitalist. Harris was one of the first stockholders and directors of the FIRST NATIONAL BANK. His accumulation of...
• 17:1117:11, 21 July 2008 diff hist +991 N HARDIE, Thomas New page: HARDIE, Thomas. (Montreal, Canada, Jan. 25, 1819-Dubuque, IA, Apr. 11,1899). Grainer. Hardie arrived in Dubuque on October 6, 1846, and entered into partnership with a friend to form Benne...
• 17:1017:10, 21 July 2008 diff hist +4 HARDIE, Frank No edit summary
• 17:0917:09, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,100 N HARDIE, Frank New page: HARDIE, Frank. (Dubuque, IA, Mar. 22, 1911- ). Chairman, Frank Hardie Advertising. Hardie, recipient of the 1988 FIRST CITIZEN AWARD of the TELEGRAPH HERALD, compiled a distinguish...
• 17:0517:05, 21 July 2008 diff hist +458 N DUBUQUE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION New page: DUBUQUE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. Representative of the public school teachers in the public schools and an affiliate of the IOWA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION and the National Education Associ...
• 17:0017:00, 21 July 2008 diff hist +854 N HANSON, Steve New page: HANSON, Steve. (Niagara Falls, NY, August 1951- ). Administrator. Hanson, at the age of 35, became president of FINLEY HOSPITAL. He was formerly a director of the Northeast Iowa Health...
• 03:2103:21, 21 July 2008 diff hist +297 N HANCOCK, John Samuel New page: HANCOCK, John Samuel. (Dubuque, IA, Apr. 27, 1850-Jan. 19, 1883). Cattleman. Hancock, son of John T. HANCOCK, was a partner in the wholesale grocery business of his fa...
• 03:2003:20, 21 July 2008 diff hist +965 N HANCOCK, Charles Thomas New page: HANCOCK, Charles Thomas. (Dubuque, IA, Mar. 16, 1860-Dubuque, IA, Dec. 29,1913). Businessman. The third son of John T. HANCOCK, Charles succeeded his father as head of...
• 03:1203:12, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,600 N HAM, Mathias New page: HAM, Mathias. (Knox Co., TN, Apr. 12, 1805--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 8, 1889). Businessman. Ham, one of Dubuque's earliest settlers, permanently settled in this area in 1833. Interested in [[MINI...
• 03:1103:11, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,527 N HALLIBURTON, Louise Herron New page: HALLIBURTON, Louise Herron. (Dubuque, IA--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 7, 1991). Pioneer social activist and well-known local artist. Halliburton was described in a 1970 ''New York Times'' article ab...
• 03:0903:09, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,061 N HAIL, Joseph New page: HAIL, Joseph. (Dubuque, IA, Aug. 7, 1904- ). Dubuque Water Superintendent. Hail joined the Dubuque Water Department on June 22,1922, and became the superintendent in 1937. With a knowledge...
• 03:0803:08, 21 July 2008 diff hist +373 N HABER, Reinhold Paul New page: HABER, Reinhold Paul. (Unknown-Dubuque, IA, 1926). Stunt man. Part machinist and part steeplejack, Haber performed a breathtaking headstand on the steeple of St. Francis Xavier's Basilica ...
• 03:0303:03, 21 July 2008 diff hist +482 N GUTER, Lawrence J. (Rev.) New page: GUTER, Lawrence J. (Rev.). (Waverly, IA- ). First principal, WAHLERT HIGH SCHOOL. Guter, principal of Wahlert High School for sixteen years following its opening, resigned in 1975 to b...
• 03:0003:00, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,241 N GRUEN REPORT New page: GRUEN REPORT. A thirty-two month study conducted in 1965 of urban conditions in Dubuque. On January 5, 1966, the Planning and Zoning Commission adopted the report as the official plan of t...
• 02:5902:59, 21 July 2008 diff hist +667 N GROUND OBSERVER CORPS New page: GROUND OBSERVER CORPS. A part of the Civil Defense network. The ground observer corps of Civil Defense was reactivated in May 1953, to prevent a sneak attack up the valley of the [[MISSISS...
• 02:5702:57, 21 July 2008 diff hist +675 N BEILER, Frank A. New page: BEILER, Frank A. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 13, 1854--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 27, 1916). President, DUBUQUE CASKET COMPANY. After several years of employment with the [[DUBUQUE CABINET MAKERS' ASSO...
• 02:4302:43, 21 July 2008 diff hist +237 N GROSS, Edmund New page: GROSS, Edmund. (Dubuque, IA, Aug. 23, 1909--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 2, 1988). Businessman. Gross, general foreman at CARADCO before his retirement in 1972, was the cofounder of the Iowa Are...
• 02:4302:43, 21 July 2008 diff hist +1,086 N GROGAN, John New page: GROGAN, John. (Valentine, NB-Dubuque, IA, Mar. 30, 1970). President, Dubuque Federation of Labor and business agent for Local 1238 of the International Association of Machinists. Prior to ...
• 02:4202:42, 21 July 2008 diff hist +206 GROFF, Edith No edit summary
• 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 ...