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4 November 2024
- 02:5802:58, 4 November 2024 diff hist +1,343 N GUILFORD, W. H. Created page with "GUILFORD, W. H. (Dubuque, IA, (Oct. 16, 1839--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 12, 1927) In the period of about 1840 until 1915, Guilford was a nurseryman and fruit grower in Dubuque County. Between 1884 to about 1906 he was active in the promotion of horticulture in Dubuque County. He helped organize and served as the first president of the DUBUQUE COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY and in 1885 and for twenty-five years maintained a local experimental testing station for horticultural..."
- 02:4102:41, 4 November 2024 diff hist +41 W. H. GUILFORD AND SON No edit summary current
- 02:3902:39, 4 November 2024 diff hist −1 HALTENHOFF, Karl No edit summary current
- 02:3602:36, 4 November 2024 diff hist +64 HALTENHOFF, Karl No edit summary
- 02:3002:30, 4 November 2024 diff hist +8 HALTENHOFF FLORISTS No edit summary current
- 02:2902:29, 4 November 2024 diff hist +1,715 N HALTENHOFF, Karl Created page with "HALTENHOFF, Karl. (Hanover, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 13, 1972) After arriving from Germany, Haltenhoff lived in Florida. He was interested in the commercial production of citrus fruits and won a four-year scholarship to the Henry Shaw School of Gardening, Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis, Missouri. He developed an interest in the native foods of birds and became an associate of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He then did landscape..."
1 November 2024
- 19:3619:36, 1 November 2024 diff hist +654 N RECEIVING VAULT Created page with "RECEIVING VAULT. The receiving vault was a building constructed at a cemetery for the storage of bodies when the ground was too frozen to dig graves with the limited equipment available in pioneer days. Some families chose to hold the funeral services in the vault. At the time of the funeral service, it was fortunate that many coffins had a pane of glass over the face of the deceased. This made it possible to confirm the identity of the deceased. A wooden panel then cov..." current
- 19:2719:27, 1 November 2024 diff hist +151 PAUPERS' FIELD No edit summary current
- 19:2719:27, 1 November 2024 diff hist −14 MODERN WOODSMEN OF AMERICA No edit summary current
- 19:2419:24, 1 November 2024 diff hist +466 N PAUPERS' FIELD Created page with "PAUPERS' FIELD. Found in most cemeteries was a section of land reserved for the poor who generally did not have the money to purchase a plot or even a casket. Single graves were referred to as "potter's graves", a term which began in biblical times. The high priests of Jerusalem purchased land for the burial of strangers or strangers, criminals, and the poor. This land had generally been mined for its potters' clay leaving it unusable for farming. --- Source:"
- 19:1819:18, 1 November 2024 diff hist +7 MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY No edit summary current
- 19:1219:12, 1 November 2024 diff hist +2,559 N MODERN WOODSMEN OF AMERICA Created page with "left|thumb|250px|Many citizens of Dubuque have been members of Woodmen of America. This marker in Linwood Cemetery locates the burial site of many former members.MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA. On June 6, 1890 the organization was started by Joseph Cullen Root who was said to have been inspired by a pastor in Lyons (Clinton), Iowa who spoke of the virtues of the "woodmen" who cut down trees to build communities. Symbols of the organization were the axe,..."
- 15:5115:51, 1 November 2024 diff hist +3 MILLER, William T. No edit summary current
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- 15:4915:49, 1 November 2024 diff hist +35 MILLER, William T. No edit summary
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- 15:4615:46, 1 November 2024 diff hist +1,235 N MILLER, William T. Created page with "MILLER, William T. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 18, 1941--Dubuque, IA Oct. 26, 2024). Bill was the son of Theodore and Genevieve (Carroll) Miller. He attended St. Patrick’s grade school, WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL and DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOl graduating in 1958. Bill’s first job was at CarAdCo as a mail clerk, then he worked at the DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY. He worked at the NATIONAL BUTTER COMPANY before and after completing training for the National Gua..."
- 15:2815:28, 1 November 2024 diff hist +1,054 N MURDOCK, LaMetra Created page with "MURDOCK, LaMetra. (Chicago, IL-- ). Coming to Dubuque in 2016, as a single mother, Murdock found needed help at the MULTICULTURAL FAMILY CENTER with its after school programs. In October, 2024 as the new director of the Center, she planned on the Center becoming "the hub of the community" as a provider of programs and activities. In an interview with staff of the ''Telegraph Herald'', she said she would like for the Center to offer regularly recurring programming..." current
- 03:3903:39, 1 November 2024 diff hist +4 MYSTIC WORKERS OF THE WORLD No edit summary current
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- 03:3703:37, 1 November 2024 diff hist +2 MYSTIC WORKERS OF THE WORLD No edit summary
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- 03:3103:31, 1 November 2024 diff hist +39 MYSTIC WORKERS OF THE WORLD No edit summary
- 03:1503:15, 1 November 2024 diff hist −3 MORACCO SUPPER CLUB No edit summary current
- 03:1503:15, 1 November 2024 diff hist +4 LEISER'S SUPPER CLUB / SWEENEY'S SUPPER CLUB No edit summary current
- 03:1403:14, 1 November 2024 diff hist 0 LEISER'S SUPPER CLUB / SWEENEY'S SUPPER CLUB No edit summary
- 03:1403:14, 1 November 2024 diff hist +1 CHATEAU SUPPER CLUB No edit summary current
- 03:1303:13, 1 November 2024 diff hist 0 BRIDGE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE (THE) No edit summary current
- 03:1303:13, 1 November 2024 diff hist +2 SWISS VALLEY CHALET / SPIELMAN'S SUPPER CLUB / BALLY CLOUGH No edit summary
- 03:1203:12, 1 November 2024 diff hist +1 SWISS VALLEY CHALET / SPIELMAN'S SUPPER CLUB / BALLY CLOUGH No edit summary
- 03:1203:12, 1 November 2024 diff hist +1,176 N SWISS VALLEY CHALET / SPIELMAN'S SUPPER CLUB / BALLY CLOUGH Created page with "left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/ykyguidiiyr/ 250px|thumb|left|Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pages/You-know-you-grew-up-in-Dubuque-Iowa-if-you-remember/130170407077838 left|thumb|200px| left|thumb|250px|SWISS VALLEY CHALET / Spielman's Supper Club / Bally Clough Inn. Located four miles south of Dubuque on the MILITARY ROAD, the Swiss Valley Chal..."
31 October 2024
- 17:3617:36, 31 October 2024 diff hist −4 LEISER'S SUPPER CLUB / SWEENEY'S SUPPER CLUB No edit summary
- 17:3217:32, 31 October 2024 diff hist +93 LEISER'S SUPPER CLUB / SWEENEY'S SUPPER CLUB No edit summary
- 17:2817:28, 31 October 2024 diff hist +2,715 N LEISER'S SUPPER CLUB / SWEENEY'S SUPPER CLUB Created page with "[Image:leisers.jpg|left|thumb|250px|1951 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] right|thumb|250px|Matchbook. Photo courtesy: Mike Avitt 250px|thumb|left| 250px|thumb|right|Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/pages/You-know-you-grew-up-in-Dubuque-Iowa-if-you-remember/130170407077838 left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Bob RedingLEISER'S SUPPER CLUB / SWEENEY'S SUPPER CLUB..."
- 16:5516:55, 31 October 2024 diff hist +5 BAR-X No edit summary current
- 16:5416:54, 31 October 2024 diff hist 0 BRIDGE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE (THE) No edit summary
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30 October 2024
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- 16:5816:58, 30 October 2024 diff hist −17 TOLLBRIDGE INN /ELIZABETH'S TOLLBRIDGE No edit summary current
- 16:5716:57, 30 October 2024 diff hist +2,773 N TOLLBRIDGE INN /ELIZABETH'S TOLLBRIDGE Created page with "left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald left|thumb|300px| left|thumb|200px|Coaster from the Tollbridge Restaurant. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding TOLLBRIDGE INN / Elizabeth's Tollbridge. The Tollbridge Inn was a scenic restaurant below EAGLE POINT PARK and above the ZEBULON PIKE LOCK AND DAM. Sue Balsamo got the idea of building on the site of the old toll house in June 1984, two years after the to..."
- 16:0116:01, 30 October 2024 diff hist −8 CHATEAU SUPPER CLUB No edit summary
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