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27 July 2008

• 19:4719:47, 27 July 2008 diff hist +529 N MADISON PARK New page: MADISON PARK. Once the site of the mansion and estate of Dubuque banker, John V. RIDER. The site, originally called Hill Crest, is located on the crest of Seminary Hill...
• 19:4619:46, 27 July 2008 diff hist +641 N MADDOX, Claude New page: MADDOX, Claude. (Chicago, IL- ). Coach. In 1977 Maddox, at age twenty-three, became head football coach at LORAS COLLEGE. He was the youngest head football coach in Iowa colleges and w...
• 19:4519:45, 27 July 2008 diff hist +1 MACLAY, John Herbert No edit summary
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• 19:4219:42, 27 July 2008 diff hist +1 MACLAY, John Herbert No edit summary
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• 19:4019:40, 27 July 2008 diff hist +526 N MACLAY, John Herbert New page: MACLAY, John Herbert. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 29, 1873- ). MAYOR. Maclay, a member of the Dubuque City Council from 1926 to 1929, held the office of mayor from 1928 to 1929. A real estate and i...
• 19:3919:39, 27 July 2008 diff hist +138 N MACADAM New page: MACADAM. A once popular road-surfacing material made of crushed rock and oil. The surface was used first on Iowa Street in the late 1800s.
• 19:3819:38, 27 July 2008 diff hist +1,260 N MAAS, Mel New page: MAAS, Mel. (Dubuque, IA- ). President, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 150A. Maas was the first Loca1 150A member to hold the office of president for more than two years. Maas b...
• 19:3719:37, 27 July 2008 diff hist +409 N MA-TAN-E-QUA New page: MA-TAN-E-QUA. (Dubuque Mines, IA, 1810--Tama Reservation, IA, 1897). Last war-chief of the SAUK and FOX. Ma-tan-e-qua was one of five representatives sent by his tribe to find a su...

26 July 2008

• 02:2202:22, 26 July 2008 diff hist +4 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL No edit summary
• 02:2002:20, 26 July 2008 diff hist +668 N VOSBERG, Donald New page: VOSBERG, Donald. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 13, 1919- ). Athlete. As a student at DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Vosberg co-captained the 1935 track team that won the State High School Track Cham...
• 02:0202:02, 26 July 2008 diff hist +39 N VOICES FOR LIFE New page: VOICES FOR LIFE. See: KIRKBRIDE, Sandy.
• 01:4801:48, 26 July 2008 diff hist +562 N VIOLINS New page: VIOLINS. String musical instrument. Violins, patterned after the famed Strativarius and Guarnarius, were manufactured in Dubuque in the late 1800s by James Fuller who operated a shop at 17...
• 01:4701:47, 26 July 2008 diff hist +351 N VINER, John P. New page: VINER, John P. (Leon, IA- ). Physician. In 1991 a member of the staff of DUBUQUE INTERNAL MEDICINE, Viner served as chairperson of the Bi-Hospital Infection Control Committee and the D...
• 01:4401:44, 26 July 2008 diff hist +34 N VETERANS MEMORIAL New page: VETERANS MEMORIAL. See: BATTLEBOWS
• 01:4301:43, 26 July 2008 diff hist +723 N VERY SPECIAL ARTS FESTIVAL New page: VERY SPECIAL ARTS FESTIVAL. Pilot program begun in Dubuque. Started in Dubuque by Jacqueline MERRITT, the festival showcased the talents of handicapped artists and ...
• 01:4201:42, 26 July 2008 diff hist +553 N VERNON, Robert New page: VERNON, Robert. (Unknown-Colorado, Feb. 25, 1978). Pathologist. Vernon had the vision that developed into UNITED CLINICAL LABORATORIES of Dubuque. A member of the American Medical Asso...
• 01:4101:41, 26 July 2008 diff hist +706 N VANDEVER, William New page: VANDEVER, William. (Baltimore, MD, Mar. 31, 1817-Ventura, CA, July 23, 1893). Iowa Congressman. Vandever, admitted to the Iowa bar in 1852, began his legal practice in Dubuque. He was elec...
• 01:4001:40, 26 July 2008 diff hist +734 N VANCE, Janet New page: VANCE, Janet. (Dubuque, IA- ). First woman in Iowa to be inducted into the Brotherhood of the Arrow (BOY SCOUTS). In 1989 Vance completed her twentieth year as a volunteer with Boy Sco...
• 01:3901:39, 26 July 2008 diff hist +239 N VAN VLIET, Adrian New page: VAN VLIET, Adrian. (Holland, 1850-Dubuque, IA, May, 1871). Reverend. Van Vliet, pastor of the German First Presbyterian Church, founded a theological seminary in connection with his church...
• 01:3601:36, 26 July 2008 diff hist +1,075 N VAN DUZEE, Kate Keith New page: VAN DUZEE, Kate Keith. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 18, 1874--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 7, 1962). Founder, DUBUQUE BOYS' CLUB and DUBUQUE ART ASSOCIATION. Van Duzee, a director of the [[MOUNT PLEAS...
• 01:3501:35, 26 July 2008 diff hist −4 VAN DUYN, John No edit summary
• 01:3301:33, 26 July 2008 diff hist +8 VAN DUYN, John No edit summary
• 01:3301:33, 26 July 2008 diff hist +884 N VAN DUYN, John New page: VAN DUYN, John. (Grinnell, IA, Oct. 3, 1949- ). Real estate investor and hotel owner. With his family, Van Duyn moved to Dubuque in 1983 after commuting between Mason City, Iowa, and Dubuq...
• 01:3001:30, 26 July 2008 diff hist +321 N UTT, Anna New page: UTT, Anna. (Dubuque, IA, circa 1861—Dyersville, IA, Feb. 21, 1941). Attorney. When she was admitted to the practice of law in 1895, Utt was the first female attorney in Dubuque County a...
• 01:3001:30, 26 July 2008 diff hist +418 N URBACH, Dalton N. New page: URBACH, Dalton N. (Unknown-Dubuque, IA, July 9, 1964). Clothier. Urbach, a graduate of DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, University of Iowa, and the Harvard School of Business Administration...
• 01:2901:29, 26 July 2008 diff hist +234 N UPTON, Samuel New page: UPTON, Samuel. (England, Feb. 15, 1832--Dubuque, IA, 1903). Proprietor, American Restaurant, 583 Main Street. Upton's American Restaurant, once located at the corner of Seventh and Main, w...
• 01:2801:28, 26 July 2008 diff hist +570 N UNMACHT, Martin New page: UNMACHT, Martin. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 4, 1895—Dubuque, IA, Mar. 12, 1953). Dubuque’s “Mr. Bowling.” At the time of his death, Unmacht was the only person in the history of the Amer...
• 01:2701:27, 26 July 2008 diff hist +765 N UNMACHT, George F. New page: UNMACHT, George F. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 10, 1887—Hawaii, Jan. 10, 1954). Colonel. Unmacht, a career military officer, invented a tank-mounted flame-thower for the armed forces. While st...
• 01:2601:26, 26 July 2008 diff hist +762 N UNIVERSITY PARK New page: UNIVERSITY PARK. Recreational area located on the former site of SAINT JOSEPH'S SANITARIUM. The eighteen-acre recreational area was located on Asbury Road adjacent to [[BUNKERHILL GOLF...
• 01:2501:25, 26 July 2008 diff hist +8,050 N UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE New page: UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE. One of Dubuque's TRI-COLLEGES. In 1852 the GERMAN THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE AND SEMINARY, first of its kind west of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER, was founded by Rev. ...
• 01:2201:22, 26 July 2008 diff hist +409 N UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH New page: UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. Formerly known as the Dubuque Gospel Tabernacle. Established around 1960 in Dubuque, the group had approximately fifty members in the congregation when its build...
• 01:1901:19, 26 July 2008 diff hist +1,427 N UNITED CLINICAL LABORATORIES New page: UNITED CLINICAL LABORATORIES. A unique cost-cutting innovation in the medical field. United Clinical Laboratories was envisioned by the Dr. Robert VERNON who planned a c...
• 01:1701:17, 26 July 2008 diff hist +1,146 N UNION TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK New page: UNION TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK. '"The Bank that Boosts Dubuque." Opened on January 20, 1887, Union Trust was originally known as the GERMAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK. The bank changed its n...
• 01:1401:14, 26 July 2008 diff hist −1 UNION PARK No edit summary
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• 01:1201:12, 26 July 2008 diff hist +8,265 N UNION PARK New page: UNION PARK. Former popular park northwest of the city of Dubuque. The Dubuque Electric Railway Light and Power Company, known locally as the Allen and Swiney Motor Line Company, purchased ...

25 July 2008

• 23:5023:50, 25 July 2008 diff hist +12 UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY No edit summary
• 23:4923:49, 25 July 2008 diff hist +893 N UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY New page: UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY. Incorporated on August 13, 1900, to provide ELECTRIC POWER to Dubuque. The company, successor to the HOME ELECTRIC COMPANY, listed as its officers [[STOUT, ...
• 23:4523:45, 25 July 2008 diff hist +650 N UDULUTCH, Marie New page: UDULUTCH, Marie. (Omaha, NB- ). Owner, publisher, and editor of JULIEN'S JOURNAL. Udulutch was a recipient in November 1987, of a WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD from the [[YOUNG WOMEN'...
• 23:4323:43, 25 July 2008 diff hist +364 N U.S.S. DUBUQUE New page: U.S.S. DUBUQUE. U.S. Navy warship. The second U.S.S. Dubuque was commissioned on September 1,1967, in Portsmouth, Virginia. In November 1987, the ship's crew of twenty-six officers and fou...
• 23:4323:43, 25 July 2008 diff hist −2 U.S. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY No edit summary
• 23:4123:41, 25 July 2008 diff hist +355 N U.S. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY New page: U.S. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY. Incorporated on April 17, 1883, to provide ELECTRIC POWER to Dubuque. The company was capitalized at $50,000 by [[KNIGHT, William J.|William J. K...
• 20:4520:45, 25 July 2008 diff hist 0 ADAMS, William No edit summary
• 20:4220:42, 25 July 2008 diff hist −50 ADAMS, Waldo No edit summary
• 20:3820:38, 25 July 2008 diff hist +5 ADAMS, John Taylor No edit summary
• 20:3620:36, 25 July 2008 diff hist +9 ADAMS, John Taylor No edit summary
• 20:3620:36, 25 July 2008 diff hist +11 ADAMS, John Taylor No edit summary
• 20:3420:34, 25 July 2008 diff hist −8 ADAMS, Eugene No edit summary