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28 July 2008

• 17:2017:20, 28 July 2008 diff hist +564 N MOZENA, Kenneth E. New page: MOZENA, Kenneth E. (Dubuque, IA- ). Owner, Tri-State Auction and Realty Service, Inc. In 1991 Mozena celebrated more than fifty years in the auction business. Beginning with the auction of...
• 17:1117:11, 28 July 2008 diff hist +2,554 N MOUNT PLEASANT HOME New page: MOUNT PLEASANT HOME. Non-sectarian home originally founded to care for women and children. Originally called the Home of the Friendless and the Iowa Home for the Friendless, the institutio...
• 17:0917:09, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,077 N MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY New page: MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY. Originally the Key West Burying Ground, the cemetery was renamed in April 1901. The Mt. Olivet Cemetery Association, led by a board of eleven trustees, was given the...
• 17:0717:07, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,274 N MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY New page: MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY. With the purchase of five acres of land from William Rumpf and Herman Bruening, a burial site for German-speaking Catholics was established on July 19, 1861, and de...
• 17:0517:05, 28 July 2008 diff hist +2,126 N MOUND BUILDERS New page: MOUND BUILDERS. A term used by archaeologists to describe various Native Americans who constructed humps of earth in various sizes and shapes from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and...
• 17:0417:04, 28 July 2008 diff hist +3,272 N MOTION PICTURES New page: MOTION PICTURES. Motion pictures, referred to in 1913 as "talkies," first appeared in Dubuque on July 31, 1913. Shown to hundreds of curious viewers at the MAJESTIC THEATER, the Edison...
• 16:5716:57, 28 July 2008 diff hist +771 N MOSS, Ernestine New page: MOSS, Ernestine. (Milwaukee, WI- ). Civil rights advocate. Moss succeeded Ralph Watkins in February 1990 as president of the Dubuque chapter of the [[NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEME...
• 16:5116:51, 28 July 2008 diff hist +599 N MORRIS, Joel New page: MORRIS, Joel. (Waukegon, IL-- ). Superintendent. In 1996 Dr. Morris was named superintendent of the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT succeeding Dr. [[O'HARE, Marvin|Marvin O’HARE]...
• 16:5016:50, 28 July 2008 diff hist +481 N MOORE'S MILL New page: MOORE'S MILL. Prosperous lumber mill in the late 1800s. Moore's Mill was built in 1876 for $75,000 by W. H. and N. S. Moore. Until 1876 when the second of two disastrous fires in six yea...
• 16:4316:43, 28 July 2008 diff hist +2,030 N MONTGOMERY, Ralph New page: MONTGOMERY, Ralph. (Unknown-Unknown). Slave. In failing to consider the case of Ralph, the United States Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision inflamed those in resistance to slavery in the ...
• 16:3716:37, 28 July 2008 diff hist +679 N MOLONEY, Lawrence New page: MOLONEY, Lawrence. (Ireland, 1819--Dubuque, IA, 1864). Real estate developer. Moloney accumulated vast quantities of property in the Dubuque area through shrewd investing and profits from ...
• 16:0216:02, 28 July 2008 diff hist +8 MOLO, William S. No edit summary
• 16:0216:02, 28 July 2008 diff hist +832 N MOLO, William S. New page: MOLO, William S. (New York, NY, Apr. 3, 1861--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 6, 1935). Founder, Linehan and Molo Company. Molo came west in 1883 at the age of twenty-two. Settling in Dubuque, he began ...
• 16:0016:00, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,468 N MOLO, Robert E. New page: MOLO, Robert E. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 20, 1928- ). President, Molo Companies. Molo, credited with the growth of one of Dubuque's oldest businesses, became the president of the Molo Companies...
• 15:5615:56, 28 July 2008 diff hist +522 N MOLO, Bart L. New page: MOLO, Bart L. (Dubuque, IA, Nov. 26, 1885--Dec., 1948). Partner, Molo Sand and Gravel Company. Beginning in 1918, Molo and his brother Harold founded the family business bearing their name...
• 15:5515:55, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,732 N MOLITORE, Edward New page: MOLITORE, Edward. (Wilmette, IL- ). Leading grand opera tenor and artist. Molitore came to Dubuque at the age of three with his father, Rev. Hugh Atchison, who was beginning as pastor of [...
• 15:5315:53, 28 July 2008 diff hist 0 MOLDENHAUER, Wayne No edit summary
• 15:5215:52, 28 July 2008 diff hist +6 MOLDENHAUER, Wayne No edit summary
• 15:5215:52, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,324 N MOLDENHAUER, Wayne New page: MOLDENHAUER, Wayne. (Charles City, IA- ). MAYOR of Dubuque, 1972. Moldenhauer, a children's dentist, was elected to the city council in 1969 by the largest number of votes ever cast for a ...
• 15:5015:50, 28 July 2008 diff hist +2 MOCO MERCER AWARDS No edit summary
• 15:5015:50, 28 July 2008 diff hist +330 N MOCO MERCER AWARDS New page: MOCO MERCER AWARDS. Annual presentation made by the Dubuque JAYCEES beginning in 1970. The first awards, made in 1971, were presented to Tom Danner, state wrestling champion from [[WAHLERT...
• 15:4815:48, 28 July 2008 diff hist +695 N MOBLEY, Mordecai New page: MOBLEY, Mordecai. (Wellsburg, Brook County, VA, Aug.29, 1800-Washington, D.C. June 26, 1887). Banker. Mobley, formerly a representative in the Illinois House of Representatives, came to Du...
• 15:4715:47, 28 July 2008 diff hist 0 MISSISSIPPI RIVER No edit summary
• 15:4615:46, 28 July 2008 diff hist +5,407 N MISSISSIPPI RIVER New page: MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Principal river of the Midwest, named by the Ojibway "mis" meaning "great" and "isipi" meaning "river." An estimated 2,348 miles long, the river drains 1, 243,700 square...
• 15:4115:41, 28 July 2008 diff hist −8 MISSISSIPPI MOUNTAINEERS No edit summary
• 15:4015:40, 28 July 2008 diff hist +374 N MISSISSIPPI MOUNTAINEERS New page: MISSISSIPPI MOUNTAINEERS. Dubuque band of the 1930s. Featuring Gus Fuhrman on accordion, Joe Chevalier on guitar, Whitey WOELK playing bass, Mark Gavin on clarinet and Ru...
• 15:3915:39, 28 July 2008 diff hist +35 N MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE New page: MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE. See: LAW, John.
• 15:3815:38, 28 July 2008 diff hist −64 MINING No edit summary
• 15:3515:35, 28 July 2008 diff hist +10,157 N MINING New page: MINING. Dubuque's oldest industry. Dubuque is situated in what was called the Northwestern district including land in Iowa and Illinois. Much of the richest LEAD-bearing ore was found ...
• 15:3015:30, 28 July 2008 diff hist +2,519 N MINES OF SPAIN STATE RECREATIONAL AREA New page: MINES OF SPAIN STATE RECREATIONAL AREA. A 1,380-acre state recreation area south of Dubuque, the region contains five sites that were added to the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES...
• 15:2715:27, 28 July 2008 diff hist +2,241 N MINES OF SPAIN New page: MINES OF SPAIN. Name given by Julien DUBUQUE to his LEAD MINING operation after obtaining a permanent grant to the land from the Spanish Governor, Baron de Carondel...
• 15:2515:25, 28 July 2008 diff hist +10 MILITARY ROAD No edit summary
• 15:2315:23, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,790 N MILWAUKEE RAILROAD SHOPS New page: MILWAUKEE RAILROAD SHOPS. Once one of the city's largest employers. In 1880 the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway obtained the north-south line from Clinton, Iowa, through Dubuque to...
• 15:2215:22, 28 July 2008 diff hist −2 MILLING No edit summary
• 15:2115:21, 28 July 2008 diff hist +787 N MILLING New page: MILLING. The principal types of mills built in Dubuque were constructed for the processing of flour, oatmeal, or spice. Important flourmills were the ROCKDALE MILLS, Pratt and Company,...
• 15:2015:20, 28 July 2008 diff hist +332 N MILLIGAN, Harold L. New page: MILLIGAN, Harold L. (Allamakee County, IA--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 5, 1970). Labor leader. Milligan, an employee of the Trausch Baking Company for forty-two years, was a charter member of the Ge...
• 15:2015:20, 28 July 2008 diff hist +815 N MILLER, Thomas J. New page: MILLER, Thomas J. (Dubuque, IA, August 11, 1944- ). Iowa Attorney General. Miller was elected attorney general on November 7, 1978, and was reelected in 1982. A graduate of [[WAHLERT HIGH ...
• 15:1915:19, 28 July 2008 diff hist +353 N MILLER, Raymond J. New page: MILLER, Raymond J. (Dubuque, IA, Aug. 16, 1920--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 9, 1990). State Representative. Miller, the first Republican elected by Dubuque County, served in the Iowa House of Repres...
• 15:1815:18, 28 July 2008 diff hist +573 N MILLER, Henry B. New page: MILLER, Henry B. (Indian Harbor, IN-St. Louis, MO, Sept. 29, 1970). President, DUBUQUE BOAT AND BOILER WORKS. In 1941 Miller came to Dubuque to head the boat and boiler works. Active i...
• 15:1715:17, 28 July 2008 diff hist +471 N MILKMAN New page: MILKMAN. The last independent milkman in Dubuque was Howard Allen who came to Dubuque in 1931 from Connecticut. He retired in December 1971, after thirty years of service to as many as fiv...
• 15:1615:16, 28 July 2008 diff hist +2,650 N MILITARY ROAD New page: MILITARY ROAD. Route between Dubuque and Iowa City planned for the quick movement of mail and troops. The idea for the road was delivered to Congress by W. W. Chapman, a delegate from Iowa...
• 15:1415:14, 28 July 2008 diff hist −2 MILITANT ORDER OF SPARTAN KNIGHTS No edit summary
• 15:1215:12, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1 MILITANT ORDER OF SPARTAN KNIGHTS No edit summary
• 15:1115:11, 28 July 2008 diff hist +491 N MILITANT ORDER OF SPARTAN KNIGHTS New page: MILITANT ORDER OF SPARTAN KNIGHTS. Organization begun in 1934 by Frederick Wilhelm KALTENBACH. Boys who joined the organization participated in boxing at ...
• 15:1015:10, 28 July 2008 diff hist +375 N MIDWEST LUMBER COMPANY New page: MIDWEST LUMBER COMPANY. Successor to the PYRAMID LUMBER COMPANY. Established in 1923, the Midwest Lumber Company had its headquarters in Dubuque with thirty-two branches in Iowa, Illin...
• 15:0915:09, 28 July 2008 diff hist +804 N MIDWEST ANTIQUARIAN ASSOCIATION New page: MIDWEST ANTIQUARIAN ASSOCIATION. Financial arm of the COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF HISTORY, ART AND SCIENCE. Organized to provide financial support to the museum and its activities, the Associat...
• 15:0715:07, 28 July 2008 diff hist +650 N MICHOPOULOS, Lois New page: MICHOPOULOS, Lois. (Dubuque, IA- ). Founder, Thalassemia Foundation for the Children of Greece, named for a type of anemia with high incidence in the Mediterranean area. Michopoulos, the f...
• 15:0615:06, 28 July 2008 diff hist +574 N MICHEL, Bernard A. New page: MICHEL, Bernard A. (Dubuque, IA, July 13, 1860--Dubuque, IA, Nov. 5, 1948). Physician. Michel was one of the founders of the FINLEY HOSPITAL. Educated in the public schools of Dubuque,...
• 15:0615:06, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,538 N MIAMI New page: MIAMI. An Algonquian tribe that convinced Nicholas PERROT in 1690 to settle along the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Eager to trade with Perrot, the Native Americans showed Pe...
• 15:0315:03, 28 July 2008 diff hist +283 N MEYER, John L. New page: MEYER, John L. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 3,1971). Educator. Meyer, an instructor and tennis coach at DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL for thirty-five years, was founder of the Dubuque R...