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22 July 2008

• 13:2813:28, 22 July 2008 diff hist +499 N JEAN MARIE CARDINAL COMMEMORATIVE CANOE VOYAGE New page: JEAN MARIE CARDINAL COMMEMORATIVE CANOE VOYAGE. Re-enactment of the legendary voyage of Jean Marie CARDINAL, a French LEAD miner and fur trader. The commemorative voyage, scheduled to last...
• 13:2713:27, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,136 N JAZZ New page: JAZZ. Considered the only musical art form to have begun in America and usually associated with New Orleans, Louisiana. Dubuque as recently as 1987 had two Dixieland jazz bands-the Dukes o...
• 13:2513:25, 22 July 2008 diff hist +396 N JAYCEES New page: JAYCEES. Service organization. In 1980 the Dubuque Jaycee organization was the fiftieth largest of the eight thousand chapters in the United States. Jerry Fjelseth, then a janitor at [[STE...
• 13:2513:25, 22 July 2008 diff hist +540 N JANTSCH, William New page: JANTSCH, William. (Dorchester, WI- ). Athletic Director, DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Jantsch came to Dubuque in 1969 as an assistant football coach at [[DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHO...
• 13:2313:23, 22 July 2008 diff hist +497 N JANSEN, John New page: JANSEN, John. (Dubuque, IA-Tucson, AZ, Mar. 30,1967). President, DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST and Federal Discount Corporation. In addition to his affiliation with Dubuque Bank and Trust and...
• 13:2113:21, 22 July 2008 diff hist +775 N JAMES, Jesse Woodson New page: JAMES, Jesse Woodson. (Clay County, MO, 1847--MO, Apr., 1882). Outlaw. The outlaw band led by Jesse James rode through Dubuque in August 1876, on their way north. Riding with James was his...
• 13:2013:20, 22 July 2008 diff hist +255 N JAGNOW, David New page: JAGNOW, David. (Dubuque, IA- ). Spelunker. Jagnow was one of two discoverers of Coldwater Cave believed to be the largest cave ever discovered in Iowa. Water inside the cave remains a cons...
• 13:1913:19, 22 July 2008 diff hist +494 N JAEGER, Leo A. New page: JAEGER, Leo A. (Rev. Msgr.) (Dyersville, IA--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 7, 1977). Educator. Jaeger, a graduate of LORAS COLLEGE, served as associate pastor of Sacred Heart parish (1933-1939), p...
• 13:1713:17, 22 July 2008 diff hist +622 N JAEGER, Francis New page: JAEGER, Francis. (Sageville, IA, July 18, 1842--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 7, 1912). Merchant. Jaeger was an organizer of the John ELLWANGER Company, D.C. Glasser Tobacco Compan...
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• 04:0204:02, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,363 N JACKSON PARK New page: JACKSON PARK. Once Dubuque's first designated cemetery. The area now known as Jackson Park was used as a cemetery beginning with the early settlement in 1833. During a CHOLERA outbreak...
• 04:0004:00, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,181 N JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL New page: JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Built in 1884, the school was known as the West Locust Street School until December 23,1889. On that date, in keeping with a school board resolution to name the ...
• 03:5903:59, 22 July 2008 diff hist +368 N JACKSON, Leroy New page: JACKSON, Leroy. (Kentucky-Hopkinton, IA, 1885). Early settler. Jackson is said by some historians to have constructed the first brick home in Dubuque. He lived in the community from 1833 t...
• 03:5703:57, 22 July 2008 diff hist +439 N JACKSON, Edward New page: JACKSON, Edward. (Hopkinton, IA, Oct. 29, 1848--Unknown). Physician. Jackson, the son of Leroy JACKSON, opened his medical practice in Dubuque in 1874.In addition to his...
• 03:5503:55, 22 July 2008 diff hist +504 N ISENHART, Charles New page: ISENHART, Charles. (Dubuque, IA- ). Executive Director, DUBUQUE AREA LABOR-MANAGEMENT COUNCIL. In April 1990 Isenhart was named the first executive director of the Council that had bee...
• 03:5403:54, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,300 N IRVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL New page: IRVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The first Irving School, opened in 1867, was known as the West Dubuque School until December 23, 1889, when the public schools were renamed in honor of famous Ame...
• 03:5303:53, 22 July 2008 diff hist +52 N IROQUOIS PEARL BUTTON COMPANY New page: IROQUOIS PEARL BUTTON COMPANY. See: BUTTON INDUSTRY.
• 03:5203:52, 22 July 2008 diff hist +647 N IRON FENCES New page: IRON FENCES. Decorative use of wrought iron found near the Ryan House and several ROWHOUSES on Main Street. Wrought iron used in architecture was first developed in New Orleans by the...
• 03:4903:49, 22 July 2008 diff hist +743 N IOWA TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK New page: IOWA TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK. Organized in 1884 with a capital of $200,000, Iowa Trust in 1895 had as its officers G. L. Torbert, president and Frank D. STOUT, vice-pres...
• 03:4403:44, 22 July 2008 diff hist +124 N IOWA STATE FAIR New page: IOWA STATE FAIR. Annual spectacular featuring top rated entertainers and exhibits. Dubuque hosted the fair in 1861 and 1862.
• 03:4303:43, 22 July 2008 diff hist +841 N IOWA SPECIAL OLYMPICS WINTER GAMES New page: IOWA SPECIAL OLYMPICS WINTER GAMES. Annual athletic competition for the mentally handicapped. In 1991 the sixth annual event was held in January at SUNDOWN with 206 competitors. Starte...
• 03:4203:42, 22 July 2008 diff hist +420 N IOWA PACIFIC MILL New page: IOWA PACIFIC MILL. Local flourmill established by Joseph A. RHOMBERG in the renovated site of his distillery in 1873. The mill featured the best coopering departmen...
• 03:4103:41, 22 July 2008 diff hist +274 N IOWA NEWS New page: IOWA NEWS. Successor to the ''DuBUQUE VISITOR''. The first issue of the Iowa News appeared on Saturday, June 3, 1837, after the DuBuque Visitor had been purchased from William H. Turner (i...
• 03:4003:40, 22 July 2008 diff hist +404 N IOWA JOURNAL OF EDUCATION New page: IOWA JOURNAL OF EDUCATION. Early publication for educators edited by R. R. Gilbert and W. I. Gilbert of Dubuque. In the March 1854 issue, seventeen prominent teachers and friends of educat...
• 03:3803:38, 22 July 2008 diff hist +365 N IOWA IRON WORKS New page: IOWA IRON WORKS. Major participant in Dubuque's BOAT BUILDING. The Iowa Iron Works was founded in 1852 as the iron foundry and machine shop of Rouse, Dean and Company on the corner of...
• 03:3303:33, 22 July 2008 diff hist +389 N IOWA BREWERY New page: IOWA BREWERY. Local brewery established at 2327 and 2329 Couler Avenue. Founded in 1855 by Titus SCHMID, B. Scherr, and F. Beck as Titus Schmid and Company, the firm oper...
• 03:3103:31, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,648 N INTRILIGATOR, William New page: INTRILIGATOR, William. (Santa Monica, CA-- ). Music Director, DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. In 2008, Intriligator was in his eighth season as the Music Director of the Dubuque Symphony...
• 03:3003:30, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,530 N INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY New page: INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY. Dubuque-based utility. Interstate celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 18, 1975. The company began as early as 1913 when a group of Chicago financiers began c...
• 03:2903:29, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,685 N INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE New page: INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE. A style of construction identified by its lack of ornamentation, flat roof, smooth walls, and windows that appear to be continuations of the wall because they a...
• 03:2603:26, 22 July 2008 diff hist +5,012 N INTEGRATION New page: INTEGRATION. Action generally associated with bringing different racial groups together. On May 4,1990, the Dubuque Human Rights Commission asked a broad-based community group to develop a...
• 03:2203:22, 22 July 2008 diff hist +812 N INHALATION THERAPY TECHNICIANS SCHOOL New page: INHALATION THERAPY TECHNICIANS SCHOOL. Medical training offered for the first time in the State of Iowa by MERCY HEALTH CENTER in 1970. Inhalation therapy is the treatment of a disease...
• 03:2003:20, 22 July 2008 diff hist +538 N ILG, Paul New page: ILG, Paul. (Germany, May 3, 1853-Dubuque, IA, Sept. 9, 1923). County engineer. Ilg, schooled in Germany, was the chief engineer of the Wurtenburg railway before immigrating to America in 1...
• 03:1903:19, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,383 N ICE TRAINS New page: ICE TRAINS. Bizarre plan of winter transportation along the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Announced on November 15, 1849, before railroads reached Chicago, two "Locomotive Ice Trains" were schedu...
• 03:1803:18, 22 July 2008 diff hist +627 N ICE PALACE New page: ICE PALACE. First ice structure of its kind in Iowa. On February 3, 1888, Joseph A. RHOMBERG unveiled an illuminated building constructed from blocks of ICE. With s...
• 03:1603:16, 22 July 2008 diff hist −2 ICE HARBOR No edit summary
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• 03:0903:09, 22 July 2008 diff hist +4,953 N ICE HARBOR New page: ICE HARBOR. Winter refuge for boats and important site of manufacturing. Early commercial development of Dubuque was hampered by physical barriers to STEAMBOATS. The western bank of th...
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• 03:0503:05, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,651 N ICE BOAT New page: ICE BOAT. Third attempt at designing a winter navigation craft for use on ICE. Following attempts to construct a STEAM SLEIGH or ICE TRAIN, Nonnan Wiard, an inventor from Janesvill...
• 03:0203:02, 22 July 2008 diff hist +989 N HYDROELECTRICITY New page: HYDROELECTRICITY. The generation of electric power from energy provided by flowing water. With the construction of Lock and Dam 11 at Dubuque in the 1930s, the possibility of using the fac...
• 03:0103:01, 22 July 2008 diff hist +885 N HYDRANT PAINTING New page: HYDRANT PAINTING. Special activity of Dubuque's celebration of the Bicentennial. The top winners of the contest, promoted in 1975 by the Dubuque Beautification Committee and the Dubuque Bi...
• 03:0003:00, 22 July 2008 diff hist +471 N HUNTOON, Donald Fraser New page: HUNTOON, Donald Fraser. (Elkhorn, WI--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 25, 1975). Cable car official. From 1926 to 1928, Huntoon organized and operated the Laude and Huntoon Bus Line, the first to operat...
• 02:5902:59, 22 July 2008 diff hist +445 N HUMKE SCHOOL New page: HUMKE SCHOOL. Vintage one-room rural school built in 1883 and now displayed at the HAM HOUSE. Vacant in Center Township west of the city since school reorganization in 1960, the scho...
• 02:5702:57, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,732 N HUDSON, Peggy Lynn New page: HUDSON, Peggy Lynn. (Colorado Springs, CO- ). Bank officer. In 1991 Hudson was the Advertising and Promotions Officer, FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Hudson was responsible for directing all ba...
• 02:5602:56, 22 July 2008 diff hist +4 HOUTZ, James No edit summary