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23 July 2008

• 18:0118:01, 23 July 2008 diff hist +3,308 N LORAS ACADEMY New page: LORAS ACADEMY. Educational landmark in Dubuque that completed its final year in 1959. From its start, Loras Academy was part of LORAS COLLEGE. In the last twenty-five years of its exis...
• 17:5617:56, 23 July 2008 diff hist +3,315 N LORAS, Mathias New page: LORAS, Mathias. (Lyon, France, Aug. 30, 1792--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 19, 1858). First bishop of Dubuque. Reverend Loras was appointed Bishop of Dubuque by the Pope on July 28, 1837. Prior to co...
• 17:5417:54, 23 July 2008 diff hist +487 N LONGE (Mr.) New page: LONGE (Mr.). (Unknown). Miner. Father Samuel MAZZUCHELLI stated that LEAD mines on the western side of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER had first been worked by a Mr. ...
• 17:5217:52, 23 July 2008 diff hist +494 N LONG, Stephen Harriman New page: LONG, Stephen Harriman. (Hopkinton, NH, 17841864). Explorer and railroad engineer. Long, for whom Colorado's Long's Peak is named, was a member of the Corps of Topographical Engineers when...
• 17:5117:51, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,022 N LOGSDON New page: LOGSDON. Historic towboat exhibited by the NATIONAL RIVERS HALL OF FAME. Acquired by donation in November 1989, the Logsdon spent most of its existence in service on the Illinois River...
• 17:4917:49, 23 July 2008 diff hist +885 N LOG RAFTS New page: LOG RAFTS. Picturesque method of transporting timber to mills along the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Logs, cut during the winter months in northern forests, were branded with the owner's sign an...
• 17:4817:48, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,510 N LOG CABIN New page: LOG CABIN. (Louis Arrandeaux Log House) Now located at the HAM HOUSE Museum, the cabin is believed to be the oldest building in Iowa. Constructed in 1827, the cabin stood at Second and Loc...
• 17:4517:45, 23 July 2008 diff hist +327 LOFTUS, Thomas E. No edit summary
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• 17:4317:43, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,667 N LOFTUS, Thomas E. New page: LOFTUS, Thomas E. (St. Louis, MO, Nov. 15,1856--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 16, 1910). Baseball player. Loftus came to Dubuque in 1879 as captain, manager, and second baseman of Dubuque's baseball t...
• 17:3417:34, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,381 N LOETSCHER, John Andrew New page: LOETSCHER, John Andrew. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 25, 1873-Unknown). President, FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Hired between 1892 and 1909 to work in the office of his father, [[...
• 17:3117:31, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,288 N LOETSCHER, Christian New page: LOETSCHER, Christian. (San Antonia, Switzerland, Aug. 2, 1850-Dubuque, IA, May 10, 1922). Founder, FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Loetscher, settling in Dubuque in1872, wo...
• 17:3017:30, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1 LOETSCHER, Andrew A. No edit summary
• 17:3017:30, 23 July 2008 diff hist +924 N LOETSCHER, Andrew A. New page: LOETSCHER, Andrew A. (St. Antoenien, Switzerland, Apr. 3, 1857-Dubuque, IA, Mar. 9, 1925). Vice-president, FARLEY AND LOETSCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Loetscher had a deep interest in ...
• 17:2917:29, 23 July 2008 diff hist +701 N LOEHE CHAPEL New page: LOEHE CHAPEL. Building on the grounds of WARTBURG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. Doors of the chapel are decorated with embossed copper relief designs created by local artist Eva Leo. The scene...
• 17:2817:28, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,726 N LOCKS New page: LOCKS. A navigational device used to raise or lower boats. Along with twenty-nine dams on the Upper MISSISSIPPI RIVER, locks create a water staircase that drops two hundred forty feet ...
• 17:2717:27, 23 July 2008 diff hist +36 N PULITZER PRIZE New page: PUYLITZER PRIZE. See: Richard LOCHER
• 17:2617:26, 23 July 2008 diff hist +632 N LOCHER, Richard New page: LOCHER, Richard. (Dubuque, IA, June 4, 1929- ). Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist. Locher's cartoons, pointing to the ludicrous parts of daily life, have appeared for many years ...
• 17:2417:24, 23 July 2008 diff hist +26 N LITTLE ROME New page: LITTLE ROME. See: GEOLOGY.
• 17:2417:24, 23 July 2008 diff hist +54 N LITTLE OLD LADY OF DUBUQUE New page: LITTLE OLD LADY OF DUBUQUE. See: HAYFORD, Mary Regina.
• 17:2317:23, 23 July 2008 diff hist +398 N LITTLE MISS IOWA New page: LITTLE MISS IOWA. In 1975 Debbie Saylor became the first handicapped contestant to be crowned Little Miss Iowa in the fifteen-year history of the Miss Teenage Contest. Saylor, then a stude...
• 17:2317:23, 23 July 2008 diff hist +737 N LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE New page: LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER MOUNDS PRESERVE. Discovered in 1977 by a team of state archaeologists, the site is north of Dubuque just outside of Sageville along Highway 52. Planned as a resident...
• 17:2117:21, 23 July 2008 diff hist +613 N LITTLE DUBLIN NEWS New page: LITTLE DUBLIN NEWS. Controversial monthly paper edited by Clarence W. “Rainbow” DUFFY. Duffy began publishing the paper in 1980. The original twenty co...
• 17:1917:19, 23 July 2008 diff hist +551 N DUFFY, Clarence W. "Rainbow" New page: DUFFY, Clarence W. "Rainbow" (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 3, 1921-Dubuque, IA, Dec. 16, 1990). Member, Dubuque Human Rights Commission. Duffy, one of the founders of the South End Club, was an edit...
• 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
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• 16:4716:47, 23 July 2008 diff hist +6 LINWOOD CEMETERY No edit summary
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• 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...