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23 July 2008

• 18:5718:57, 23 July 2008 diff hist +2,009 N LUZ, J. Heinrich New page: LUZ, J. Heinrich. (Heidenheim, Germany, May 30, l840--Dubuque,IA, Sept. 5, 1922). Reverend. In 1889 Luz was instrumental in raising the six thousand dollars necessary for transferring [[WA...
• 18:5318:53, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1,076 N LUTHER MANOR New page: LUTHER MANOR. Nursing and retirement home. An outgrowth of the Martin Luther Home which was sold in 1968, Luther Manor was opened for occupancy in June 1969. Built at a cost of nearly $1 m...
• 18:5118:51, 23 July 2008 diff hist +606 N LUTHER, William C. New page: LUTHER, William C. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 22, 1865--Dubuque, IA, Nov. 16, 1946). Vice-president and secretary, TELEGRAPH-HERALD. Luther began working for the Dubuque Times at the age of f...
• 18:4918:49, 23 July 2008 diff hist +2,386 N LUNDH, Alvin Emil New page: LUNDH, Alvin Emil. (Rockford, IL- ). MAYOR. Lundh served as the mayor of Dubuque in 1976, the festive bicentennial year. During his term of office, the Planning and Zoning Commission c...
• 18:4318:43, 23 July 2008 diff hist −4 LUMBER INDUSTRY No edit summary
• 18:4118:41, 23 July 2008 diff hist +3,622 N LUMBER INDUSTRY New page: LUMBER INDUSTRY. Utilizing its ideal location on the MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Dubuque became a hub of lumbering activity. The first development took place in 1866 with the establishment of a...
• 18:3518:35, 23 July 2008 diff hist +198 N LUCKSINGER, Rose C. New page: LUCKSINGER, Rose C. (Mallard, IA,-Dubuque, IA, Apr. 24, 1986). Mother of the Year. Lucksinger, named Iowa State Mother of the Year in 1962, was chairwoman of the Dubuque County Extension H...
• 18:3518:35, 23 July 2008 diff hist +131 N LUCK, Larkin New page: LUCK, Larkin. (VA, July 17, 1801-July 27, 1855). Wagon-maker. Luck is often credited with manufacturing the first wagon in Dubuque.
• 18:3418:34, 23 July 2008 diff hist +406 N LUCAS, Percy New page: LUCAS, Percy. (Dubuque, IA- ). Chief of Police. Lucas was named chief of police on March 1, 1960, succeeding Hugh Callahan. Lucas joined the force on December 17, 1927, and was promoted to...
• 18:3318:33, 23 July 2008 diff hist +649 N LUBCK, Louis C. New page: LUBCK, Louis C. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 2, 1860--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 7, 1933). Publisher. Lubck, in association with John Smith and M. M. Walker, purchased the Evening Globe in 1892. He then reor...
• 18:3218:32, 23 July 2008 diff hist +2,168 N LOUISIANA PURCHASE New page: LOUISIANA PURCHASE. The largest and most important annexation to the original thirteen colonies. The region, purchased from France in 1803, was an ill-defined area including all of present...
• 18:3018:30, 23 July 2008 diff hist +141 N LORIMIER HOUSE New page: LORIMIER HOUSE. Hotel built by Peter LORIMIER in 1857. The building remained the largest hotel in Dubuque for many years.
• 18:2918:29, 23 July 2008 diff hist +5 LORIMIER, Peter No edit summary
• 18:2818:28, 23 July 2008 diff hist +692 N LORIMIER, Peter New page: LORIMIER, Peter. (Canada, 1783-Dubuque, IA, Oct. 1871). MAYOR. Coming to Dubuque in 1833, Lorimier began both MINING and merchandising activities and met with sufficient success to pur...
• 18:2818:28, 23 July 2008 diff hist +600 N LORENZ, Matt New page: LORENZ, Matt. (Dubuque, IA- ). Director, Human Rights Department. In 1973 Lorenz became Dubuque's first full-time director of the Human Rights Department. Under his direction the March Exp...
• 18:2718:27, 23 July 2008 diff hist +515 N LORD OF LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH New page: LORD OF LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH. Founded on April 17, 1979, as a mission congregation of the American Lutheran Church on the westside of Dubuque, the church had eighty-six charter members. ...
• 18:2618:26, 23 July 2008 diff hist +560 N LORAS PLAYERS New page: LORAS PLAYERS. Iowa's oldest amateur theater group. Founded in 1910, the Players presented their most monumental performance, "Hid Battlements," thirty-six times during the centennial of t...
• 18:2518:25, 23 July 2008 diff hist +496 N LORAS JUDO CLUB New page: LORAS JUDO CLUB. In 1991 the oldest active club of its type in Iowa. Not affiliated with LORAS COLLEGE, the club is open to tri-state students and Dubuque-area residents. The original ...
• 18:2418:24, 23 July 2008 diff hist +5 LORAS COLLEGE No edit summary
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• 18:2218:22, 23 July 2008 diff hist +8,712 N LORAS COLLEGE New page: LORAS COLLEGE. Iowa's oldest college. Loras offers four-year undergraduate programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Music degrees. Pre-professional pro...
• 18:1718:17, 23 July 2008 diff hist −6 LORAS ACADEMY No edit summary
• 18:1618:16, 23 July 2008 diff hist +14 LORAS ACADEMY No edit summary
• 18:1518:15, 23 July 2008 diff hist +2 LORAS ACADEMY No edit summary
• 18:0218:02, 23 July 2008 diff hist +1 LORAS ACADEMY No edit summary
• 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
• 17:4417:44, 23 July 2008 diff hist +13 LOFTUS, Thomas E. No edit summary
• 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...