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23 July 2008

• 17:0717:07, 23 July 2008 diff hist +649 N LITTLE DUBLIN New page: LITTLE DUBLIN. Area of Dubuque originally settled by Irish immigrants. Prior to the 1986 reconstruction of Highway l51, the State Office of Historic Preservation required the Department of...
• 17:0517:05, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,445 N BIJOU THEATER New page: BIJOU THEATER. Famed Dubuque theater located on the northwest corner of Fourth and Main STREETS. A successor to the ATHENAEUM, the first theater located on the site, the theater had be...
• 17:0317:03, 23 July 2008 diff hist +501 N LITTLE BIJOU THEATER New page: LITTLE BIJOU THEATER. Formerly known as the Napanese Theater on Main Street between Fifth and Sixth STREETS. The Little Bijou was the creation in 1910 of Jacob Rosenthal after the fier...
• 17:0117:01, 23 July 2008 diff hist −1 LITERARY ORGANIZATIONS No edit summary
• 17:0017:00, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,694 N LITERARY ORGANIZATIONS New page: LITERARY ORGANIZATIONS. Obscure literary groups in Dubuque came into existence prior to 1855, the year the Dubuque Literary Institute announced its reorganization and interest in the commu...
• 16:5916:59, 23 July 2008 diff hist +700 N LISA, Manuel New page: LISA, Manuel. (New Orleans, LA Sept. 8,1772St. Louis, MO, Aug. 12, 1820). Fur trader. On March 4, 1811, Lisa, a legendary explorer of the Far West, was one of those who purchased part of D...
• 16:5816:58, 23 July 2008 diff hist +904 N LIPPER, Gloria New page: LIPPER, Gloria. (Orange, CA- ). Recipient, FIRST CITIZEN AWARD. Lipper, the general campaign chairwoman of the United Way's campaign in 19821983, was the first woman to head the organi...
• 16:5616:56, 23 July 2008 diff hist +851 N LIPPER, George New page: LIPPER, George. (Brockton, MA- ). General manager, KDTH. In January 1970, Lipper announced his resignation as chief aide to City Manager Gilbert D. CHAVENELLE to...
• 16:5416:54, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,358 N CHAVENELLE, Gilbert D. New page: CHAVENELLE, Gilbert D. (Detroit, MI, Sept. 28, 1911-Dubuque, IA, Feb. 26, 1988). City Manager. Chavenelle served as the city manager of Dubuque for nineteen years from June 14, 1960, until...
• 16:4916:49, 23 July 2008 diff hist +8 LINWOOD CEMETERY No edit summary
• 16:4816:48, 23 July 2008 diff hist −1 LINWOOD CEMETERY No edit summary
• 16:4716:47, 23 July 2008 diff hist −1 LINWOOD CEMETERY No edit summary
• 16:4716:47, 23 July 2008 diff hist +6 LINWOOD CEMETERY No edit summary
• 16:4616:46, 23 July 2008 diff hist +16 LINWOOD CEMETERY No edit summary
• 16:4516:45, 23 July 2008 diff hist −6 LINWOOD CEMETERY No edit summary
• 16:4416:44, 23 July 2008 diff hist −2 LINWOOD CEMETERY No edit summary
• 16:4316:43, 23 July 2008 diff hist +2,964 N LINWOOD CEMETERY New page: LINWOOD CEMETERY. The first rural city owned cemetery in the Midwest. The first cemetery for the city of Dubuque was located in what is now called JACKSON PARK. As the community grew...
• 16:3916:39, 23 July 2008 diff hist +4 LINEHAN, John J. No edit summary
• 16:3816:38, 23 July 2008 diff hist +470 N LINEHAN, John J. New page: LINEHAN, John J. (Ireland, June 24, 1842Dubuque, IA, 1888). MAYOR. Linehan, a former contractor, served as a city alderman, two terms as mayor, and several terms in the Iowa State legi...
• 16:3716:37, 23 July 2008 diff hist +424 N LINEHAN, Charles Matthias New page: LINEHAN, Charles Matthias. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 4, 1876--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 29, 1930). Physician. Linehan, one of the children of John J. LINEHAN, served as city health p...
• 16:3016:30, 23 July 2008 diff hist +755 N LINEHAN, Bart E. New page: LINEHAN, Bart E. (Dubuque, IA, June 11, 1853--Memphis, TN, July 22, 1907). Businessman. Linehan and his partner M. N. Hansen operated what was considered the West's most complete steamboat...
• 16:2916:29, 23 July 2008 diff hist +780 N LINDSAY, Margaret New page: LINDSAY, Margaret. (Dubuque, IA-Los Angeles, CA, May 8, 1981). Actress. Lindsay, daughter of pharmacist John Kies and his wife Bertha, is remembered as the Iowa girl who fooled Hollywood p...
• 16:2716:27, 23 July 2008 diff hist +718 N LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL New page: LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Originally known as the Fourth Ward School. Lincoln was renamed on December 23, 1889, in keeping with the board of education's desire to name all the buildings a...
• 16:2316:23, 23 July 2008 diff hist +580 N LIBERTY BELL New page: LIBERTY BELL. Proud symbol of our independence. In the early 1900s the Liberty Bell traveled about the United States by train to various expositions. In 1904 the bell passed through Dubu...
• 16:2216:22, 23 July 2008 diff hist 0 LEWIS, Warner No edit summary
• 16:2216:22, 23 July 2008 diff hist +556 N LEWIS, Warner New page: LEWIS, Warner. (Goochland Co., VA, 180S-Dubuque, IA, May 4, 1888). Political leader. In 1833 Lewis settled in Iowa. He was elected to the state legislature for several terms during which h...
• 16:2116:21, 23 July 2008 diff hist +376 N LEWIS, R. W. New page: LEWIS, R. W. (MA-Dubuque, IA, 1869). Physician. Lewis was one of only three doctors serving Dubuque in 1846. Moving west to Galena in 1828, Lewis fought in the BLACK HAWK WAR and then ...
• 16:2016:20, 23 July 2008 diff hist +673 N LEWIS, Meriwether New page: LEWIS, Meriwether. (Albemarle County, VA, Aug. 18, 1774-Nashville, TN, Oct. 11, 1809). Explorer and public official. Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, served as governor of the Upp...
• 16:1916:19, 23 July 2008 diff hist +902 N LEWIS, Henry New page: LEWIS, Henry. (England, 1819-Dusseldorf, Germany, 1904). Landscape painter and illustrator. The illustrations and descriptions of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER Valley made by Lewis are conside...
• 16:1716:17, 23 July 2008 diff hist +964 N LEVI, Alexander New page: LEVI, Alexander. (France, Mar. 13, 1809--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 31, 1893). Businessman. In 1837 Levi became the first immigrant to be naturalized in the State of Iowa while it was still part of...
• 16:1616:16, 23 July 2008 diff hist 0 LEVEL CREVICE MINE No edit summary
• 16:1616:16, 23 July 2008 diff hist +663 N LEVEL CREVICE MINE New page: LEVEL CREVICE MINE. One of many mines running under Dubuque. The Level Crevice stretches about three miles from beneath North Grandview Avenue westward, under a portion of the property on ...
• 16:1516:15, 23 July 2008 diff hist +518 N LESURE LUMBER COMPANY New page: LESURE LUMBER COMPANY. Organized in 1889 as the Charley Clark Mill. Sometimes known as the Lesure Mill, the company maintained lumberyards containing seven million feet of lumber and a phy...
• 16:1416:14, 23 July 2008 diff hist +578 N LEOPOLD, Donovan O. ("Don") New page: LEOPOLD, Donovan O. ("Don") (Lincoln, NB, 1926-Sun City, AZ, Jan. IS, 1987). Executive Director, N.E. Iowa Council of the BOY SCOUTS of America (1950-1959). One of the region's most decor...
• 16:1016:10, 23 July 2008 diff hist +197 N LENIHAN, Mathias Clement New page: LENIHAN, Mathias Clement. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 6, 1854-Dubuque, IA, August, 1943). Priest. Father Lenihan was the first native-born Iowan ordained a priest. The ceremony was conducted by Pop...
• 16:0716:07, 23 July 2008 diff hist +313 N LEMAN, Adolph Warburg New page: LEMAN, Adolph Warburg. (Gothenburg, Sweden, Aug. 29, 1870-Unknown). Mechano-therapist. Leman moved to Dubuque in 1908 and introduced the community to a field of medicine similar today to p...
• 16:0616:06, 23 July 2008 diff hist +522 N LEGISLATIVE DAYS New page: LEGISLATIVE DAYS. Political activity started by HOULIHAN, DennisDennis HOULIHAN and Gene KENNEDY in 1984. Legislative Days were planned as a means of thanking legisla...
• 16:0416:04, 23 July 2008 diff hist +491 N LEE, Gretchen New page: LEE, Gretchen. (Dubuque, IA- ). Iowa Civil Rights Commissioner. In 1973 Governor Robert Ray named Lee, employed at the time by the Dubuque County Mental Health Center, to the Iowa Civil Ri...
• 16:0316:03, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,373 N LEASING SYSTEM New page: LEASING SYSTEM. Controversial governmental meddling in early Dubuque LEAD MINING. Under the procedure begun in 1833, John P. Sheldon was sent to Dubuque from Washington, D.C. as the go...
• 16:0016:00, 23 July 2008 diff hist +10 LEAD MINING No edit summary
• 15:5815:58, 23 July 2008 diff hist +9,587 N LEAD MINING New page: LEAD MINING. The principal attraction of the Dubuque area to the first white settlers. LEAD mining was being carried on in the area as early as 1692 when [[PERROTT, Nicholas|Nicholas P...
• 15:1915:19, 23 July 2008 diff hist +17 N LEAD New page: LEAD. See GALENA.
• 15:1915:19, 23 July 2008 diff hist +342 N LAYDEN, Elmer New page: LAYDEN, Elmer. (Davenport, IA, May 4, 1903-Chicago, IL, June 30,1973). One of Notre Dame's "Four Horsemen." Upon graduation from Notre Dame, where he played football on the winning Rose Bo...
• 15:1515:15, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,508 N LAWTHER, Anna New page: LAWTHER, Anna. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 8, 1872--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 21, 1957). Feminist, first woman to serve on the Iowa State Board of Education. Lawther, who in her later years referred to he...
• 15:1415:14, 23 July 2008 diff hist +2 LAWSON, Don No edit summary
• 15:1315:13, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,147 N LAWSON, Don New page: LAWSON, Don. (Ottumwa, IA- ). Educator-Actor. Lawson was named the Mississippi Valley Conference Coach of the Year and Iowa District Coach of the Year in 1987. Head coach of boys' track at...
• 15:1215:12, 23 July 2008 diff hist +855 N LAWS New page: LAWS. The first acts that could be considered laws in the future State of Iowa were written on June 17, 1830. James LANGWORTHY and a group of miners, allowed on the w...
• 15:0915:09, 23 July 2008 diff hist +4 LANGWORTHY, James No edit summary
• 15:0615:06, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,069 N LAW, John New page: LAW, John. (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1671-1794). Financier. In 1719 Law developed the "Mississippi Scheme," later called the "Mississippi Bubble," for settling the Louisiana part of New France...
• 15:0315:03, 23 July 2008 diff hist +600 N LAUBE, William C. New page: LAUBE, William C. (Unknown-Dubuque, IA, 1944). Professor. Laube, an alumnus of the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE served as a professor in the university's theological seminary. During his fort...