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29 July 2008

• 00:3500:35, 29 July 2008 diff hist +10 WALKING STICKS No edit summary
• 00:3400:34, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,443 N WALKING STICKS New page: WALKING STICKS. The mark of a gentleman. Walking sticks, carried by wealthy merchants, politicians, or elected officials, conveyed the feeling in 19th century America that the person being...
• 00:3100:31, 29 July 2008 diff hist +585 N WALKER, John Milton New page: WALKER, John Milton (Camden, NJ, Oct. 29, 1876--lowa City, IA, June 12, 1946). Physician. Walker came to Dubuque immediately after completing his internship and specialized in neurology an...
• 00:3000:30, 29 July 2008 diff hist +656 N WALES HOTEL New page: WALES HOTEL. A stately hotel that stood at Eighth and Bluff on the site now occupied by the TELEGRAPH HERALD. Built in 1856, the hotel was originally called the Lorimer until purchased...
• 00:2900:29, 29 July 2008 diff hist +664 N WAITE, Arthur R. New page: WAITE, Arthur R. (Buddy). (Merritt on, Ontario, Canada-Dubuque, IA, Oct. 28, 1945). Prominent horseman. Waite emigrated from St. Catherines, Ontario, where his father operated Canada's fir...
• 00:2300:23, 29 July 2008 diff hist +564 N WAHLERT FOUNDATION New page: WAHLERT FOUNDATION. Philanthropic organization making donations, gifts and grants to charitable, civic, educational and religious organizations throughout the United States. Established in...
• 00:2200:22, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,083 N WAHLERT, Robert Henry New page: WAHLERT, Robert Henry. (Dubuque, IA- ). President, FDL FOODS INC. Wahlert, the son of Robert C. WAHLERT, worked at the Dubuque Packing Company as a high school h...
• 00:2000:20, 29 July 2008 diff hist +1,160 N WAHLERT, Robert C. New page: WAHLERT, Robert C. (St. Louis, MO, Apr. 23, 1913-May 30, 1994). Emeritus president and member of the board of FDL FOODS, INC. Wahlert was a nephew of Harry WAHLERT ...
• 00:1700:17, 29 July 2008 diff hist +291 N WAGNER, Martin New page: WAGNER, Martin. (Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, 1853-Unknown). Contractor and stonecutter. In 1867 Wagner formed a partnership with Bernard SCHULTE to establish the company of Schulte and Wagne...
• 00:1600:16, 29 July 2008 diff hist +442 N WAGNER, Delbert New page: WAGNER, Delbert. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 15,1912--Dubuque, IA, June 15, 1987). Nurseryman. Wagner owned Wagner's Nursery for many years. He donated all the trees on the Main Street of Asbury a...

28 July 2008

• 23:3923:39, 28 July 2008 diff hist +53 N PYRAMID LUMBER COMPANY New page: PYRAMID LUMBER COMPANY. See: STANDARD LUMBER COMPANY.
• 23:3823:38, 28 July 2008 diff hist +4 PYNE, W. W. No edit summary
• 23:3823:38, 28 July 2008 diff hist +441 N PYNE, W. W. New page: PYNE, W. W. (Berkshire Co., MA, Aug. 23, 1840--Independence, IA, Sept. 17, 1884). Fruit grower. Pyne opened the Key City House in 1859 and later operated the Tremont House on the corner of...
• 23:3823:38, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,073 N PYATIGORSK New page: PYATIGORSK. Sister city of Dubuque located in the Commonwealth of Independent States between the Black and Caspian Seas north of the Caucasus Mountains: Known for its healing mineral water...
• 23:3623:36, 28 July 2008 diff hist +3 MERCER, Michael No edit summary
• 23:3523:35, 28 July 2008 diff hist +6 PUNT, PASS AND KICK CONTEST No edit summary
• 23:3423:34, 28 July 2008 diff hist +596 N PUNT, PASS AND KICK CONTEST New page: PUNT, PASS AND KICK CONTEST. National contest sponsored by the National Football League. In 1976 Jason Bonneville, then a sixth grade student at BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, became the fi...
• 23:3323:33, 28 July 2008 diff hist +586 N PULS, Alfred New page: PULS, Alfred. (Mar. 2, 1883--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 11, 1991). Poet and Dubuque County's oldest citizen. In January 1968, the TELEGRAPH HERALD published Puls' "Sidewalks of Dubuque." The co...
• 23:3223:32, 28 July 2008 diff hist +742 N PUBLIC STAIRS New page: PUBLIC STAIRS. A unique characteristic of Dubuque where the rugged terrain required their construction. In the early years of the twentieth century, Dubuque had twenty-five separate sets o...
• 23:3023:30, 28 July 2008 diff hist +199 N PROJECT ACCESS New page: PROJECT ACCESS. Local effort started in 1976 to remove physical barriers to the handicapped of Dubuque. Among the improvements were curb cuts and sloping sidewalks to ease passage across [...
• 23:3023:30, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,870 N PROHIBITION New page: PROHIBITION. Policy of forbidding the manufacture, transportation or sale of intoxicating beverages. Prohibition marked the time when Dubuque developed the reputation as "the state of Dubu...
• 23:2923:29, 28 July 2008 diff hist +256 N PRITCHARD, C. L. New page: PRITCHARD, C. L. (Ct-Unknown). Manufacturer. The firm of C. L. Pritchard and Company beginning in 1877 manufactured an inexpensive top for wagon seats for summer use. Increasing demand led...
• 23:1423:14, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,426 N PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL New page: PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Originally known as the Third Ward School. The building was renamed on December 23,1889, in keeping with the desire of the board of education to name every buil...
• 23:1323:13, 28 July 2008 diff hist +345 N PRENDERGAST, Clare New page: PRENDERGAST, Clare. (Alliance, NB--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 2, 1976). Champion bowler. Prendergast became the first state champion in Class B when she scored a total of 1,465 in 1939. Once runner...
• 23:1023:10, 28 July 2008 diff hist +379 N PRATT AND COMPANY New page: PRATT AND COMPANY. A small flourmill erected in 1840 by James Pratt on Dubuque’s south side. Reconstructed with rock in 1858, the mill was considered one of this area's finest examples o...
• 23:1023:10, 28 July 2008 diff hist +2,120 N PRATT, Michael W. New page: PRATT, Michael W. (Wadena, MN- ).Administrator, THE HARBOUR. Pratt served on the Dubuque City Council in 1980 and 1981. He was again elected to a four-year term in November 1987. Pratt...
• 23:0823:08, 28 July 2008 diff hist +683 N PRAIRIE ARCHITECTURE New page: PRAIRIE ARCHITECTURE. Designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Prairie Style featured a one or two story building with one-story wings. A low-pitched roof extends well beyond the ...
• 23:0723:07, 28 July 2008 diff hist +94 N POTOSA New page: POTOSA. Believed to have been the wife of Julien DUBUQUE. See: PEOSTA.
• 23:0623:06, 28 July 2008 diff hist +838 N POSTMASTERS New page: POSTMASTERS. Those who have served the MAIL SERVICE in Dubuque as postmasters have included: Milo H. Prentice 1833-1835 Guy H. Morrison 1835-1837 Hon. [KING, John|John KING]] 1837-18...
• 21:2421:24, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,684 N POSTAL SERVICE New page: POSTAL SERVICE. Iowa's first post office, Dubuque Mines, was organized on May 27, 1833, within the jurisdiction of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. When Iowa was opened for white settlement o...
• 21:2221:22, 28 July 2008 diff hist +442 N POST CARDS New page: POST CARDS. ''A History and Checklist of Dubuque Postcards'', an index of local postcards, was written by Betty Weiland, a former president of Postcard Pals, a collectors group. Postcar...
• 21:2021:20, 28 July 2008 diff hist +594 N POOL, Swimming New page: POOL, Swimming (earliest). The oldest private swimming pool in Dubuque is believed to be one located at 1090 Langworthy Street in a home built in 1907 by Joseph Garland, a Northwestern Mut...
• 21:1921:19, 28 July 2008 diff hist +4,223 N PONTOON BRIDGE New page: PONTOON BRIDGE. Proposed crossing point between Dubuque and Illinois over the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. The first organized effort to gain support for the bridge came during the term of Mayor...
• 21:1721:17, 28 July 2008 diff hist +380 N POLLOCK, John H. New page: POLLOCK, John H. (Lincoln, IL, July 13, 1916--Dubuque, IA, Mar. l, 1990). Naturalist. Pollock, a product engineer for thirty-one years at JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS, served as a popular ...
• 21:1121:11, 28 July 2008 diff hist +598 N POINSETT, William III New page: POINSETT, William III. (Kansas City, MO--Dubuque, IA, Nov. 6, 1984). Former owner/president, Meyers Cox Co. Poinsett, developer of the Dubuque Americana Health Care Center, served as count...
• 21:1021:10, 28 July 2008 diff hist +46 N IOWAIAN New page: IOWAIAN. This was the pen name of John PLUMBE.
• 21:0621:06, 28 July 2008 diff hist +995 N PLANK ROAD New page: PLANK ROAD. Unique form of road construction with timbers and planks first used in the United States in 1845. In 1850 the Dubuque and Sageville Plank Road Company, whose officers included...
• 21:0521:05, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,181 N PLANETARIUMS New page: PLANETARIUMS. A site using a variety of media to duplicate the appearance of the heavens. While most major cities in the United States have one planetarium, Dubuque has one at [[CLARKE COL...
• 21:0321:03, 28 July 2008 diff hist +528 N PLAISTER, James New page: PLAISTER, James. (England, Aug. 9, 1823--Dubuque, IA, June 7, 1901). Insurance agent. Plaister moved to Dubuque in 1849 and became associated with James Dyer, the founder of Dyersville. At...
• 21:0121:01, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,657 N PIKE'S PEAK MINING RANGE New page: PIKE'S PEAK MINING RANGE. Site of LEAD and ZINC mining activity south of Dubuque between 1830 and 1917. Located on the southwestern edge of Dubuque, the site was known as the Pike'...
• 21:0021:00, 28 July 2008 diff hist +838 N PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery New page: PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery. (Lamberton, NJ, Jan. 5, 1779-Toronto, Canada, 1813). Lieutenant Pike, under orders dated July 30, 1805, from James Wilkinson, commander of the western army, explo...
• 20:5720:57, 28 July 2008 diff hist +434 N PIEKENBROCK, Frank J. New page: PIEKENBROCK, Frank J. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, Dec. 19, 1976). Physician. Piekenbrock, one of the first physicians of MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, was a practicing physician and psychiatrist f...
• 20:5420:54, 28 July 2008 diff hist +759 N PIA-NO-SKY New page: PIA-NO-SKY. Important chief of the [[FOX]. After the death of Julien DUBUQUE, Pia-no-sky was responsible for driving away from the LEAD mines a party of white men, ...
• 19:0419:04, 28 July 2008 diff hist +649 N PFAFF, Marian New page: PFAFF, Marian. (Alta, IA- ). Dubuque County Republican Central Committee Chairperson. Pfaff, also co-chairperson of the Republican Second District Central Committee, stepped down as chairp...
• 19:0419:04, 28 July 2008 diff hist +504 N PETREK, Jane New page: PETREK, Jane . ( -- ). Superintendent. Petrek came to the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT as the Assistant Superintendent under Superintendent Joel MORRIS. Petrek...
• 19:0319:03, 28 July 2008 diff hist +1,812 N PETRAKIS, John New page: PETRAKIS, John. (Dubuque, IA, July 3, 1914--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 1, 1987). Dubuque's "Mr. Baseball." In 1934 Petrakis arranged for Iowa's first nighttime BASEBALL game. He served as presi...
• 18:5918:59, 28 July 2008 diff hist +115 PETERSON, Lloyd No edit summary
• 18:5818:58, 28 July 2008 diff hist +397 N PETERSON, Lloyd New page: PETERSON, Lloyd. (Thief River Falls, MN--Zumbrota, MN, Jan. 15, 1976). Director, INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY. Peterson, a former executive vice-president of Interstate Power, came to the ...
• 18:5818:58, 28 July 2008 diff hist +307 N PETERSON, Charles New page: PETERSON, Charles. (Rockland Co., NY, May 9, 1854-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 6. 1929). Dentist. Dr. Peterson was one of the first graduates of a dental school to practice in Iowa in the late 1800s....
• 18:5718:57, 28 July 2008 diff hist +2,315 N PETERSEN, William J. New page: PETERSEN, William J. "Steamboat Bill” (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 30, 1901--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 1989). America's dean of historians of life on the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Petersen's ''Steamboating o...