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23 July 2008

• 02:5402:54, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,146 N KLAUER, Peter New page: KLAUER, Peter. (Coblenz, Germany, Nov. 28, 1842-Dubuque, IA, July 8, 1919). Founder, KLAUER MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Klauer moved to Dubuque in 1855 and served as an apprentice with the ...
• 02:5202:52, 23 July 2008 diff hist +775 N KLAUER, John P. New page: KLAUER, John P. (Chicago, IL, Nov. 15, 1950- ). Architect of Dubuque's current ward system of government. Klauer, a map technician in the Dubuque County Auditor's Office, was a founding me...
• 02:5102:51, 23 July 2008 diff hist +352 N KLAUER, Howard Rudolph New page: KLAUER, Howard Rudolph. (Dubuque, IA, Apr. 3, 1915-Dubuque, IA, Feb. 25, 1988). Professional engineer. Founder of the International Recording Company of Chicago, Klauer worked in the Dubuq...
• 02:5002:50, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,074 N KLAUER, Donald New page: KLAUER, Donald. (Dubuque, IA, July 24,1935- ). Optician. Klauer's purchase and renovation of an out-of-date shoe store marked a significant boost to the downtown business area. Beginning i...
• 02:4902:49, 23 July 2008 diff hist +547 N KISTING, V. Voggenthaler New page: KISTING, V. Voggenthaler. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 5, 1911- ). President, E. J. Voggenthaler Company. Kisting, granddaughter of E. J. Voggenthaler, the company's founder, worked in the company'...
• 02:4802:48, 23 July 2008 diff hist +913 N KIRKBRIDE, Sandra New page: KIRKBRIDE, Sandra. (Dubuque, IA- ). Founder, Voices for Life. Kirkbride, Dubuque's leading antiabortion advocate, in January 1986 traced her conversion to activism to a June 1983 broadcast...
• 02:4702:47, 23 July 2008 diff hist +873 N KIRK, Walton (Walt) New page: KIRK, Walton (Walt) (Mt. Vernon, IL- ). Educator. Kirk, retired assistant principal at STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL, played in the National Basketball Association from 1947 through 19...
• 02:4602:46, 23 July 2008 diff hist +563 N KINTZINGER, John W. New page: KINTZINGER, John W. (Dubuque, IA, Aug. 12, 1870-Dubuque, IA, Apr. 3, 1946). Judge. Kintzinger, a member of the Iowa Supreme Court from January 1, 1933, until December 31,1938, served as Ch...
• 02:4502:45, 23 July 2008 diff hist +455 N KINTZINGER, John New page: KINTZINGER, John. (Luxemburg, Germany, Jan. 4, 1835-Chicago, IL, Mar. 20, 1914). Police officer. Kintzinger, father of Judge John W. KINTZINGER, came to Dubuque in ...
• 02:4402:44, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,149 N KINTZINGER, Charles New page: KINTZINGER, Charles. (Dubuque, IA, July 22, 1925—Dubuque, IA, Jan. 28, 1999). MAYOR of Dubuque, 1955 and 1959. Kintzinger, an attorney, was twenty-nine when he began his first term as ma...
• 02:4102:41, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,248 N KING, John New page: KING, John. (Shepardstown, VA, 1803--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 13, 1871). Newspaper publisher. In 1835 and 1836, King served as a judge in Dubuque when there was no authority for a trial of accuse...
• 02:3902:39, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,128 N KING, D. Michael New page: KING, D. Michael. (Dundee, IL- ). MAYOR of Dubuque, 1981. King, an attorney, announced his candidacy for a position on the Dubuque City Council in September 1977. In announcing his int...
• 02:3602:36, 23 July 2008 diff hist −8 KILLEEN, Mary No edit summary
• 02:3202:32, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,103 N KILLEEN, Mary New page: KILLEEN, Mary. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, July 15,1937). Physician. Killeen in 1935 became the first Dubuque woman to be listed in the ''Catholic Who's Who''. After attending Catholic schoo...
• 02:3102:31, 23 July 2008 diff hist +2,144 N KILLEEN, John F. New page: KILLEEN, John F. (County Mayo, Ireland, Nov.27, 1844--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 13, 1938). Famous river captain. Killeen was one of the last surviving riverboat captains from what has been describ...
• 02:2902:29, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,116 N KILGORE, Gordon New page: KILGORE, Gordon. (Akron, OH- ). KDTH news director. Kilgore, arriving in Dubuque in 1950, possessed one of the area's most recognized voices through sports, news and such radio programs as...
• 02:2702:27, 23 July 2008 diff hist +791 N KIENE, Peter New page: KIENE, Peter. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 2, 1846--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 6, 1912). Community leader. Kiene, a director of FIRST NATIONAL BANK, was also a charter member of the Library Board, a memb...
• 02:2502:25, 23 July 2008 diff hist +535 N KIENE, Henry New page: KIENE, Henry. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 21, 1859--Dubuque, IA, July 18, 1930). Real estate developer. A graduate of the BAYLESS COMMERCIAL COLLEGE in Dubuque, Kiene went on to establish a ban...
• 02:1802:18, 23 July 2008 diff hist +253 N KEY CITY New page: KEY CITY. The idea of nicknaming Dubuque the "Key City" came from an editor of the ''Miner's Express''. In response to this idea, the ''Burlington Express'' suggested that either the Irish...
• 02:1702:17, 23 July 2008 diff hist +330 N KEY 73 New page: KEY 73. Nationwide ecumenical project during 1973 with its motto being "Calling the Continent to Christ." Locally, 75 percent of the congregations joined in the project. As part of the pro...
• 02:1602:16, 23 July 2008 diff hist +2,366 N KERPER, John A. New page: KERPER, John A. (New Vienna, IA, Dec. 17,1872--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 7, 1956). "Father of the Nine Foot Channel." Kerper is remembered for his tireless efforts to improve transportation on the...
• 02:1402:14, 23 July 2008 diff hist +368 N KERPER, Angelo New page: KERPER, Angelo. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, July 3, 1981). Executive, DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY. Kerper, a lifetime member of the Musicians Union, was the leader of Ang Kerper and His Orch...
• 02:1302:13, 23 July 2008 diff hist +409 N KEOPFLI, Charles New page: KEOPFLI, Charles. (Canton of Luzerne, Switzerland, 1799-Dubuque, IA, 1870). Physician. Keopfli was one of only three doctors to serve Dubuque in 1846. A physician with extensive European t...
• 02:1302:13, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1 KENNEDY MALL No edit summary
• 02:1202:12, 23 July 2008 diff hist +164 N KENNEL (first local) New page: KENNEL (first local) The River Bluffs Kennel, the first Dubuque kennel at the DUBUQUE GREYHOUND PARK, was established by Earl Rettenmeier and Joe Lent in 1988.
• 02:1102:11, 23 July 2008 diff hist +3 KENNEDY MALL No edit summary
• 01:0901:09, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,545 N KENNEDY MALL New page: KENNEDY MALL. Second of the major SHOPPING CENTERS in Dubuque and the first enclosed climate-controlled mall in Iowa. The west-side shopping center formally opened on April 15, 1970. With ...
• 01:0801:08, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,318 N KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL New page: KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Westside Dubuque school opened on November 29,1965. The ceremony at which the cornerstone was laid on September 27,1965, brought an estimated three hundred peopl...
• 01:0701:07, 23 July 2008 diff hist +615 N KENNEDY, John F. New page: KENNEDY, John F. (Brookline, MA, May 29, 1917--Dallas, TX, Nov. 22, 1963). Thirty-fifth President of the United States. While a United States Senator, Kennedy visited LORAS COLLEGE in ...
• 01:0501:05, 23 July 2008 diff hist +547 N KENNEDY, Gene New page: KENNEDY, Gene. (LeMars, IA, Oct. 28, 1927- ). State legislator. Kennedy, a graduate of LORAS COLLEGE, served one term in the Iowa House before his election to the Iowa Senate. Assistan...
• 01:0401:04, 23 July 2008 diff hist +10 KENLINE, Robert No edit summary
• 01:0301:03, 23 July 2008 diff hist +466 N KENLINE, Robert New page: KENLINE, Robert. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA Aug. 27, 1978). Attorney. Kenline was the senior partner of Kenline, Breitbach, McCarthy, Clemens and McKay, the legal firm founded by his father,...
• 01:0201:02, 23 July 2008 diff hist +825 N KENLINE, Karl New page: KENLINE, Karl. (Dubuque, IA- ). Judge. On April 3, 1973, Governor Robert Ray named Kenline judge of the Judicial District. Kenline had been named a municipal court judge by Governor Harold...
• 01:0101:01, 23 July 2008 diff hist +606 N KENLINE, Henry Charles New page: KENLINE, Henry Charles. (Elizabeth, MN, Sept. I5, 1875-Dubuque, IA, July 14, 1962). Attorney. Kenline was a partner in one of Iowa's oldest law firms. Admitted to the Iowa bar in 1897, Ken...
• 01:0001:00, 23 July 2008 diff hist +4 KELLY, Thomas No edit summary
• 01:0001:00, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,175 N KELLY, Thomas New page: KELLY, Thomas. (King's County, Ireland, 1808--Dubuque, IA, May I5, 1867). Secretive miser. Kelly may have hidden a fortune of GOLD in the bluffs behind SAINT RAPHAEL'S CATHEDRAL. Kelly...
• 00:5900:59, 23 July 2008 diff hist +877 N KELLY, Francis J. New page: KELLY, Francis J. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 16, 1921--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 14, 1992). Dubuque's only National Guard general. Kelly, retired after thirty-six years of military service, served in ever...

22 July 2008

• 23:3723:37, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,397 N KELLY, Charlotte Ragatz New page: KELLY, Charlotte Ragatz. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 9, 1921- ). "Woman of the Year," 1970. Kelly served the interests of the Republican Party in Dubuque County for over twenty-eight years as a pr...
• 23:3323:33, 22 July 2008 diff hist +3,240 N KEHL, Robert New page: KEHL, Robert (Dubuque, IA,- ). Entrepreneur. Named, with his wife Ruth, as the 1984 National Small Business Persons of the Year, Kehl operated a popular river cruise and cruise/dinner oper...
• 23:3123:31, 22 July 2008 diff hist +293 N KEGLER CANCER CLINIC New page: KEGLER CANCER CLINIC. Clinic formed by a Chicago company that leased the HAM HOUSE in 1905. Sarah Ham, in need of money at the time, later claimed to have been drugged at the time of s...
• 23:3023:30, 22 July 2008 diff hist −9 KEENAN, John No edit summary
• 23:2923:29, 22 July 2008 diff hist +545 N KEENAN, John New page: KEENAN, John. Oreland, May 16, 1824-Dubuque, IA, Mar. 8, 1909). Builder. One of Dubuque's first contractors, Keenan came to America at the age of eighteen and learned his trade in Philadel...
• 23:2723:27, 22 July 2008 diff hist +4 KEENAN, James Francis ("Frank") No edit summary
• 23:2623:26, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1 KEENAN, James Francis ("Frank") No edit summary
• 23:2523:25, 22 July 2008 diff hist +2 KEENAN, James Francis ("Frank") No edit summary
• 23:2523:25, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1,495 N KEENAN, James Francis ("Frank") New page: KEENAN, James Francis ("Frank") (Dubuque, IA, Apr. 8, 1858-Feb. 24, 1929). One of the first actors to portray the mythical character Rip Van Winkle. Keenan, once described as the "best ac...
• 23:2223:22, 22 July 2008 diff hist +621 N KEAS, Edward New page: KEAS, Edward. (Dubuque, IA, Feb. 2, 1863--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 12, 1940). Baseball player. Keas took his mastery of the spitball, learned from Charles RADBOURNE while pl...
• 23:2123:21, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1 KEARNEY, Stephen Watts No edit summary
• 23:2123:21, 22 July 2008 diff hist +813 N KEARNEY, Stephen Watts New page: KEARNEY, Stephen Watts. (Newark, NJ, Aug. 30, 1794-St. Louis, MO, Oct. 31, 1848). Soldier. In his notebook entitled ''An Expedition Across Iowa in 1820'', Kearney wrote under the date of A...
• 23:1923:19, 22 July 2008 diff hist +1 KEANE, James J. No edit summary