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23 July 2008

• 15:0215:02, 23 July 2008 diff hist +496 N LAUBE, Paul J. New page: LAUBE, Paul J. (Dubuque, IA, 1910- ). Physician. Laube, an alumnus of the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE, served many years in China as a medical missionary until driven out by the Japanese pri...
• 15:0115:01, 23 July 2008 diff hist +555 N LATTNER, Samuel New page: LATTNER, Samuel. (Lattnerville, IA, Feb. 5, 1862--Dubuque, IA, July 27,1931). Attorney. Lattner, son of Paul LATTNER, took a banking course from the [[BAYLESS COMMERCIAL ...
• 15:0015:00, 23 July 2008 diff hist +401 N LATTNER, Paul New page: LATTNER, Paul. (Unknown-Lattnerville, IA, 1891). Lattnerville, west of Dubuque, was named in his honor. Lattner worked with his brothers on the construction of the Illinois Central Railroa...
• 14:5814:58, 23 July 2008 diff hist +87 N LANGWORTHY HOLLOW New page: LANGWORTHY HOLLOW. The area through which Eagle Point Avenue (now Kaufmann Avenue) ran.
• 14:5714:57, 23 July 2008 diff hist +52 N LANGWORTHY AND ADAMS IRON WORKS New page: LANGWORTHY AND ADAMS IRON WORKS. See: ADAMS COMPANY.
• 14:5514:55, 23 July 2008 diff hist +185 N DUBUQUE VISITOR New page: DUBUQUE VISITOR. The Dubuque Visitor was the first of the early news publications in Iowa. It was established at the LEAD mines in Dubuque in May, 1836, by John King.
• 14:4614:46, 23 July 2008 diff hist 0 LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart No edit summary
• 14:3914:39, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,110 N LANGWORTHY, Solon New page: LANGWORTHY, Solon. (Rutland, NY, Jan. 29, 1814--Dubuque, IA, June 7,1886). Businessman. The fourth Langworthy brother to come to Dubuque, Solon arrived in 1834. He is believed to be the fi...
• 14:3714:37, 23 July 2008 diff hist +917 N LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart New page: LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart. (Lawrence Co., NY, l807--Dubuque, IA, June 30, 1865). Businessman. Langworthy, one of Iowa's first settlers, in an article entitled" A Vision" first used the word ...
• 14:3514:35, 23 July 2008 diff hist +775 N LANGWORTHY, Julia New page: LANGWORTHY, Julia. (Edwardsville, IL, Mar. 1, l823-Dubuque, IA., Apr. 24, 1907). Civic leader. The wife of Solon LANGWORTHY, Julia was an active local participant in ...
• 14:3414:34, 23 July 2008 diff hist −39 LANGWORTHY, James No edit summary
• 14:3314:33, 23 July 2008 diff hist −2 LANGWORTHY, James No edit summary
• 14:3214:32, 23 July 2008 diff hist +13 LANGWORTHY, James No edit summary
• 14:3214:32, 23 July 2008 diff hist +4 LANGWORTHY, James No edit summary
• 14:3214:32, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,262 N LANGWORTHY, James New page: LANGWORTHY, James. (Windsor, VT, Jan. 20, 1800-Monticello, IA, Mar. 31, 1865). Businessman. In October 1833, Langworthy, "head of the family," aided in the construction of Iowa's first sch...
• 14:3014:30, 23 July 2008 diff hist +2 LANGWORTHY, Henry Glover No edit summary
• 14:2914:29, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,672 N LANGWORTHY, Henry Glover New page: LANGWORTHY, Henry Glover. (Clinton County, IA, Nov. 1, 1880-Dubuque, IA, June 27,1961). Physician. Langworthy, son of [[LANGWORTHY, Jr., Lucius Hart|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY, Jr., successful...
• 14:2714:27, 23 July 2008 diff hist −11 LANGWORTHY, Edward No edit summary
• 14:2614:26, 23 July 2008 diff hist +927 N LANGWORTHY, Edward New page: LANGWORTHY, Edward. (St. Lawrence Co., NY, Aug. 3, 1808-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 5, 1893). Businessman. In September 1832, Langworthy may have constructed the first house in the future state of I...
• 14:2414:24, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,896 N LANGE PLASTICS COMPANY New page: LANGE PLASTICS COMPANY. Pioneering manufacturer in Dubuque. Started in 1954 in the garage of the company's president, Robert B. Lange, the firm in sixteen years achieved an unparalleled su...
• 14:2314:23, 23 July 2008 diff hist +886 N LANGE, Otto F. New page: LANGE, Otto F. (Dubuque, IA, Feb. 16. 1869--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 21, 1937). State senator. Lange, head of Lange's Insurance Agency in Dubuque, began his political service in 1926 with his ele...
• 14:2214:22, 23 July 2008 diff hist +965 N LANGE, Harvey M. New page: LANGE, Harvey M. (Dubuque, IA, July 28,1894--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 23, 1980). Patriarch of the Dubuque County Republican Party. Lange began his long association with the Republican Party in 1...
• 14:2114:21, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,813 N LANG, Shirley New page: LANG, Shirley. (Dubuque, IA- ). First woman dock manager. Lang served as the dock manager for the City of Dubuque from 1960 to 1985 when the Dock Commission was taken from a policymaking p...
• 14:2014:20, 23 July 2008 diff hist +862 N LANE, Loras Thomas New page: LANE, Loras Thomas. (Most Rev.) (Cascade, IA, Oct. 19, 1910-Rockford, IL, July 22, 1968). Second auxiliary bishop of Dubuque. Archbishop Leo BINZ consecrated Lane, named auxi...
• 14:1714:17, 23 July 2008 diff hist +396 N LANDSCHULZ, Elizabeth New page: LANDSCHULZ, Elizabeth. (Finland-Dubuque, IA, Oct. 31, 1973). Trustee of FINLEY HOSPITAL. Landschulz served twenty years as a trustee of Finley. She graduated from the Finley School of ...
• 14:1614:16, 23 July 2008 diff hist +461 N LAMMERS, John G. "Jack" New page: LAMMERS, John G. "Jack" (Elma, IA-Dubuque, IA, Oct. 13, 1982). Educator. Lammers taught at BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL for fifteen years. He also taught music at LORAS COLLEGE. A grad...
• 14:1514:15, 23 July 2008 diff hist +816 N LAM, Diana New page: LAM, Diana. (Lima, Peru--). Educator. In July 1992, Lam was hired as the superintendent of the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. He succeeded Dr. Howard PIGG. Lam e...
• 14:1414:14, 23 July 2008 diff hist +154 N LADY ELMS New page: LADY ELMS. Stately trees once found in WASHINGTON PARK. The base of the trees was said to swirl like the folds of a lady's floor-length evening dress.
• 14:1314:13, 23 July 2008 diff hist +206 N LADIES CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT SOCIETY New page: LADIES CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. Social organization founded in 1892 by the Most Reverend John HENNESSY. The organization is believed to be the earliest organized wome...
• 14:1214:12, 23 July 2008 diff hist +426 N LACY, Frank New page: LACY, Frank. (Dubuque, IA, Feb. 22, 1881--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 2, 1965). Attorney. Lacy served as a director of the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank and the Key City Gas Company. He was president...
• 14:1014:10, 23 July 2008 diff hist +630 N LACY, Benjamin William New page: LACY, Benjamin William. (Locke, NY, Mar. 12, 1849-Dubuque, IA, Sept. 28, 1912). Judge. Lacy settled in Dubuque in 1872 and became a member of the firm of Adams and Robinson in 1873. In 187...
• 14:0814:08, 23 July 2008 diff hist +4,758 N LABOR MOVEMENT New page: LABOR MOVEMENT. The rise of the organized labor movement in Dubuque began with the rise of industrialization in the 1850s. Dubuque's first union belonged to the typographers during that de...
• 14:0514:05, 23 July 2008 diff hist +254 N LA PETITE NUIT New page: LA PETITE NUIT. FOX name meaning "the little night" given to Julien DUBUQUE. The name was used in the original registration of the 1788 agreement in which the Fox gave Dubuque permissi...
• 04:0004:00, 23 July 2008 diff hist +949 N KWASKY, Albert New page: KWASKY, Albert. (Manistee, MI- ). President/ CEO-Pillsbury and Martignoni, Inc. Kwasky remains one of Dubuque's most entertaining historians. His books ''The Old Lady in Dubuque, The Old L...
• 03:5703:57, 23 July 2008 diff hist −1 KUTSCH, Joseph P. No edit summary
• 03:5703:57, 23 July 2008 diff hist +507 N KUTSCH, Joseph P. New page: KUTSCH, Joseph P. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 6, 1859--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 9, 1939). Contractor and builder. As a student of his father, Kutsch learned contracting and building skills so well that ''...
• 03:5503:55, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,244 N KUNNERT, Kevin New page: KUNNERT, Kevin. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 11, 1951- ). Basketball star. In 1973 Kunnert, a star player all four years at WAHLERT HIGH SCHOOL, attended the University of Iowa and played center...
• 03:5403:54, 23 July 2008 diff hist −127 KUEFLER, Joseph No edit summary
• 03:5203:52, 23 July 2008 diff hist +646 N KUEFLER, Joseph New page: KUEFLER, Joseph. (Dubuque, IA- ). Teacher. In 1971 Kuefler, long-time golf coach for the City Recreation Department and the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT was honored with an Outsta...
• 03:5103:51, 23 July 2008 diff hist −1 KUCERA, Daniel No edit summary
• 03:5003:50, 23 July 2008 diff hist +2,273 N KUCERA, Daniel New page: KUCERA, Daniel. (Chicago, IL, May 7, 1923- ). ARCHBISHOP. Archbishop Kucera was installed as the tenth bishop of Dubuque and the eighth archbishop on February 23, 1984, after the retir...
• 03:4703:47, 23 July 2008 diff hist +4 KRUSE, William G. No edit summary
• 03:4703:47, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,965 N KU KLUX KLAN New page: KU KLUX KLAN. Known by its initials, K.K.K., the Klan was originally a southern white supremacist organization. It was developed during Reconstruction following the CIVIL WAR to prevent [[...
• 03:4503:45, 23 July 2008 diff hist 0 KRUSE, William G. No edit summary
• 03:4503:45, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,752 N KRUSE, William G. New page: KRUSE, William G. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 4, 1924- ). Civic leader and retired chief executive officer of FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Kruse joined First National Bank as a messenger fifteen days a...
• 03:4203:42, 23 July 2008 diff hist +995 N KRIEG, Kathryn "Katie" New page: KRIEG, Kathryn "Katie" (Long Beach, CA-). City Council member. Krieg was appointed to the Planning and Zoning Commission in 1978 and served until 1981. She was the second woman to serve in...
• 03:4103:41, 23 July 2008 diff hist 0 KRETSCHMER, Herbert C. No edit summary
• 03:4003:40, 23 July 2008 diff hist +570 N KRETSCHMER, Herbert C. New page: KRETSCHMER, Herbert C. (Dubuque, IA, Aug. 2, 1866--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 11, 1933). Founder, Kretschmer Manufacturing Company. At the age of fifteen, Kretschmer began working as a plumber's a...
• 03:3903:39, 23 July 2008 diff hist +780 N KRETSCHMER, Charles New page: KRETSCHMER, Charles (Dubuque, IA--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 15,1979). President, Kretschmer-Tredway Company. Kretschmer, president of Kretschmer-Tredway for thirty-two years, was also the presiden...
• 03:3703:37, 23 July 2008 diff hist +623 N KRETSCHMER, Charles G. New page: KRETSCHMER, Charles G. (Gloschkau, Germany, Jan. 22, 1822-Dubuque, IA, Dec. 9, 1897). Educator. Kretschmer is believed to hold the record for service in the [[DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DIST...