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30 July 2008

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• 21:4321:43, 30 July 2008 diff hist +5,510 N STREETS New page: STREETS (name changes). Dubuque, like other Iowa cities, changed street names over the years. Among those that have been changed are the following: (research credit-John Klauer) Original ...
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• 21:3321:33, 30 July 2008 diff hist +4,738 N STREETCARS New page: STREETCARS. On April 2, 1867, Dubuque citizens voted 2,188 to 137 to permit the operation of streetcars in the city. At the time, the only other city west of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER to p...
• 21:2921:29, 30 July 2008 diff hist +299 N STRAYER, J. J. New page: STRAYER, J. J. (York, PA, Aug. 28, 1869--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 6, 1937). Merchant. Strayer pioneered an easy payment plan for credit merchandising in Dubuque prior to the rise of retail chain ...
• 21:2921:29, 30 July 2008 diff hist +34 N STRAW HAT INCIDENT New page: STRAW HAT INCIDENT. See: SNOWFALLS
• 21:2821:28, 30 July 2008 diff hist +368 N STRAUB, Joseph New page: STRAUB, Joseph. (Dubuque, IA, 1916-Dubuque, IA, Jan. 11, 1987). Physician. Straub, a physician in Dubuque from 1952 to 1983 and president of all Dubuque hospitals, held memberships in the ...
• 21:2721:27, 30 July 2008 diff hist 0 STOUT HOUSE No edit summary
• 21:2721:27, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,109 N STRAND THEATER New page: STRAND THEATER. Originally the MAIN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. The building was converted into a theater in 1919. Dubinsky Brothers of Chicago took over the ownership in 1976. In August 1980...
• 21:2521:25, 30 July 2008 diff hist +2,169 N STOUT HOUSE New page: STOUT HOUSE. Dubuque's only representative of RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE in a private home. The mansion was designed by an architect named Spenser in the mid-1890s. It was s...
• 21:2021:20, 30 July 2008 diff hist +400 N STOUT, James Huff New page: STOUT, James Huff. (Dubuque, IA, 1850--Menominee, WI, Dec. 8, 1910). Senator. Stout, the eldest son of Henry L. STOUT, served as manager of the Menominee branch of the ...
• 21:1921:19, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1 STOUT, Henry L. No edit summary
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• 21:1721:17, 30 July 2008 diff hist +2,390 N STOUT, Henry L. New page: STOUT, Henry L. (Hunterdon County, NJ, Oct. 23, 1814-Dubuque, IA, July 18, 1900). Lumberman. Stout amassed one of Dubuque's largest personal fortunes between 1853 and 1900. He came to Dubu...
• 21:1521:15, 30 July 2008 diff hist −6 STOUT, Frank D. No edit summary
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• 21:1321:13, 30 July 2008 diff hist +2,016 N STOUT, Frank D. New page: STOUT, Frank D. (Dubuque, IA, 1854-Rice Lake, WI, 1927). Donor of the land for the CARNEGIE STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY. Stout proved to be as successful in business as his father, [[STOUT, H...
• 21:1121:11, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,148 N STOUT, Fannie New page: STOUT, Fannie. (Dubuque, IA, 1862-Dubuque, IA, Dec. 27, 1914). Youngest daughter of Henry L. STOUT. An extremely shy girl, Stout was forced to end a romance with a Cath...
• 21:0921:09, 30 July 2008 diff hist +518 N STORES New page: STORES (first). Noble F. Dean opened Dubuque's first store in 1832. Selling such "Yankee notions" as cotton shirts, razors, handkerchiefs, and boots, the store was located along Mineral St...
• 21:0721:07, 30 July 2008 diff hist +313 N STONE ARCHITECTURE New page: STONE ARCHITECTURE. Style of construction using native stone quarried from the bluffs. Following the age of log buildings, stone architecture is said to have developed in Cornwall and othe...
• 21:0621:06, 30 July 2008 diff hist +42 N EMMY AWARD New page: EMMY AWARD. See: Mark STEINES, John STOLTZ
• 21:0521:05, 30 July 2008 diff hist +358 N STICK ARCHITECTURE New page: STICK ARCHITECTURE (Eastern). One of the most rare styles of architecture found in Dubuque. Stick is characterized by a steeply pitched gable roof, towers, pointed dormers, and porches. Th...
• 21:0421:04, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,620 N STEWART, William G. New page: STEWART, William G. (Jonesville, WV, July 10, 1813-Dubuque, IA, May 23, 1900). President, Dubuque County Bank. Stewart came to Dubuque in March 1834, and became a miner and farmer. Wealthy...
• 21:0321:03, 30 July 2008 diff hist +399 N STEWART, Robert W. New page: STEWART, Robert W. (Dubuque, IA, July 6, 1855--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 15, 1905). MAYOR. Stewart served as mayor of Dubuque for two terms, from 1889 to 1891. Although elected to the office ...
• 21:0221:02, 30 July 2008 diff hist +699 N STEPHENSON, Karin New page: STEPHENSON, Karin. (Huron, SO- ). Real estate manager, DUPACO COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION. Stephenson has assumed increasing responsibility in the area of real estate financing since coming...
• 21:0121:01, 30 July 2008 diff hist +888 N STEPHEN MINISTRY New page: STEPHEN MINISTRY. Program of training lay ministers to provide individual care for people in traumatic experiences. The Stephen Ministry program was first offered in Dubuque through [[FIRS...
• 21:0021:00, 30 July 2008 diff hist +559 N STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL New page: STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL. Newest of Dubuque's senior high schools. Planning for the $5.7 million building began in the fall of 1966 with non-teaching, instructional, and administrativ...
• 20:5920:59, 30 July 2008 diff hist +7 STEINES, Mark No edit summary
• 20:5820:58, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,561 N STEINES, Mark New page: STEINES, Mark. (Dubuque, IA, June 7, 1964-- ). Broadcaster and co-anchor of ''Entertainment Tonight''. Steines joined the staff of ''Entertainment Tonight'' on August 24, 1995. He becam...
• 20:5620:56, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1 STEFFEN, Don Carl No edit summary
• 20:5520:55, 30 July 2008 diff hist +644 N STEFFEN, Don Carl New page: STEFFEN, Don Carl. (Dubuque, IA- ). Photojournalist. Steffen's photographs have appeared as covers or within articles in such magazines as ''Life, Time, Sports Illustrated, Saturday Evenin...
• 20:5420:54, 30 July 2008 diff hist +419 N STEELE, Mary Paula Zaytoun New page: STEELE, Mary Paula Zaytoun. (Rocky Mount, NC- ). Orthodontist. In 1988 Steele became the first woman practicing orthodontics in Iowa or North Carolina certified by the American Board of Or...
• 20:5320:53, 30 July 2008 diff hist +589 N STEELE, Jane New page: STEELE, Jane. (Prairie du Chien, WI- ). Vice President-Loan Administration, HARVEST SAVINGS BANK. Joining Dubuque Savings and Loan, now Harvest Bank, in 1977, Steele has assumed variou...
• 20:5220:52, 30 July 2008 diff hist +1,326 N STEAM SLEIGHS New page: STEAM SLEIGHS. Bizarre transportation scheme in the early Midwest. Dependency on the MISSISSIPPI RIVER for communication led to frontier hardships when the frozen river prevented ships...