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22 July 2008

• 21:2421:24, 22 July 2008 diff hist +621 N JURISDICTION New page: JURISDICTION. The area on which the City of Dubuque developed was subject to various territories and jurisdictions. These included: Louisiana Purchase Apr. 30, 1803-Sept. 30, 1804 Dist...
• 21:2221:22, 22 July 2008 diff hist +527 N JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL (JCI) SENATORSHIP New page: JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL (JCI) SENATORSHIP. The highest international award a Jaycee can receive in conjunction with a life membership in the Jaycees. The award is given to honor the J...
• 21:1921:19, 22 July 2008 diff hist +361 N JUNGK, J. Carl New page: JUNGK, J. Carl. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, Nov. 6, 1974). Veteran. Jungk, Dubuque's last surviving veteran of the Spanish-American War, owned and operated Jungk Bakery. Later he served as a...
• 21:1821:18, 22 July 2008 diff hist −8 JULIEN'S JOURNAL No edit summary
• 21:1721:17, 22 July 2008 diff hist +988 N JULIEN'S JOURNAL New page: JULIEN'S JOURNAL. Local monthly magazine featuring positive news and history about Dubuque and its citizens. The magazine debuted in February 1976, with a limited, free circulation to five...
• 21:1521:15, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1 JULIEN MOTOR INN No edit summary
• 21:1421:14, 22 July 2008 diff hist +2,569 N JULIEN MOTOR INN New page: JULIEN MOTOR INN. Landmark downtown Dubuque hotel known today as The Julien Inn. The site at Second and Main has been the location of an inn or hotel since 1844. The WAPLES HOUSE, the...
• 21:1021:10, 22 July 2008 diff hist +2,134 N JULIEN DUBUQUE MONUMENT New page: JULIEN DUBUQUE MONUMENT. Final resting place of the founder of Dubuque, Iowa. Julien DUBUQUE died of pneumonia on March 24,1810, and was buried on the bluff above Catfi...
• 21:0921:09, 22 July 2008 diff hist +2,396 N JULIEN DUBUQUE BRIDGE New page: JULIEN DUBUQUE BRIDGE. Bridge connecting Dubuque, Iowa, with East Dubuque, Illinois. The Dubuque-East Dubuque Bridge Commission was established in 1938 with power to issue revenue bonds to...
• 21:0721:07, 22 July 2008 diff hist +398 N JULIE N. DUBUQUE New page: JULIE N. DUBUQUE. Excursion boat. On October 19, 1970, the Julie N. Dubuque, owned by Art Bull, challenged the Delta Queen to a race from Catfish Creek to the JULIEN DUBUQUE BRIDGE, a ...
• 17:2317:23, 22 July 2008 diff hist +6 JUDGES, IOWA SUPREME COURT No edit summary
• 17:2217:22, 22 July 2008 diff hist +124 JUDGES, IOWA SUPREME COURT No edit summary
• 13:5613:56, 22 July 2008 diff hist +239 N JUDGES, IOWA SUPREME COURT New page: JUDGES, IOWA SUPREME COURT. Among the judges who have served on the Iowa Supreme Court from 1838 to 1990, Dubuque has been the home of Thomas S. WILSON, Austin ADAMS, John W. KINTZINGER, W...
• 13:5513:55, 22 July 2008 diff hist +260 N JONES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL New page: JONES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Located in 1991 at 1090 Alta Vista. During the 1990-1991 academic year, Jones had an enrollment of 394 students of which 197 were shared-time students from the pa...
• 13:4613:46, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,066 N JOLLIET, Louis New page: JOLLIET, Louis. (Beaupre, Quebec, Canada-Sept. 21, 1645--Quebec, Canada, May 1700). French-Canadian cartographer and explorer. Together with Father Jacques MARQUETTE...
• 13:4413:44, 22 July 2008 diff hist +4 JOHNSTON, Wayne A. No edit summary
• 13:4313:43, 22 July 2008 diff hist 0 JOHNSTON, Wayne A. No edit summary
• 13:4313:43, 22 July 2008 diff hist +793 N JOHNSTON, Wayne A. New page: JOHNSTON, Wayne A. (Champaign, IL--Bloomington, WI, July 3, 1970). Physician. Johnston was one of the founders of MEDICAL ASSOCIATES. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he serve...
• 13:4013:40, 22 July 2008 diff hist +507 N JOHNSON, Diane Chalmers New page: JOHNSON, Diane Chalmers. (Dubuque, IA- ). Author. As an art history professor at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, Johnson wrote ''American Art Nouveau'', a three hu...
• 13:3913:39, 22 July 2008 diff hist +402 N JOHN ERNSDORFF AND SONS New page: JOHN ERNSDORFF AND SONS. Business established in 1889 as a successor to the Westphal and Hinds Hardware Company's heavy hardware department. John Ernsdorff and Sons chiefly supplied large ...
• 13:3813:38, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,560 N JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS New page: JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS. Major manufacturing firm of construction, utility, and forestry equipment in the Midwest. The need for a new factory to make tractors became apparent to the compa...
• 13:3713:37, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1 JOHN CALDWELL-IRVING WINDT LIBRARY OF CHECKERS No edit summary
• 13:3713:37, 22 July 2008 diff hist +681 N JOHN CALDWELL-IRVING WINDT LIBRARY OF CHECKERS New page: JOHN CALDWELL-IRVING WINDT LIBRARY OF CHECKERS. A unique research and reference library considered to be of unequalled depth in the field of checkers. The library has been maintained in Du...
• 13:3613:36, 22 July 2008 diff hist +650 N JOHANNSEN, Wilfred New page: JOHANNSEN, Wilfred. (Dubuque, IA, Mar. 7, 1901-Saltillo, Mexico, Aug. 11, 1987). Educator. Johannsen was the first junior high counselor in Iowa. He began his teaching career at Jefferson ...
• 13:3013:30, 22 July 2008 diff hist +641 N JENNINGS, John D. New page: JENNINGS, John D. (Pittsburgh, PA, Feb. 8, 1824--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 23, 1889). Justice of the Peace. Jennings, an attorney, settled in Dubuque on April 17, 1851, and became one of the edito...
• 13:2913:29, 22 July 2008 diff hist +747 N JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL New page: JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. North-end junior high perched high on the bluffs above the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. On April 27, 1921, a resolution was adopted by the [[DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DIS...
• 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...
• 13:0913:09, 22 July 2008 diff hist +2 JACKSON PARK No edit summary
• 13:0813:08, 22 July 2008 diff hist −1 JACKSON PARK No edit summary
• 13:0713:07, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1 JACKSON PARK No edit summary
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• 04:0404:04, 22 July 2008 diff hist +40 JACKSON PARK No edit summary
• 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.