The Telegraph-Herald Tuesday January 26, 1926 FRENCHMAN OWNS PART OF DUBUQUE? SO HE SALYS IN LETTER ADDRESSED TO “HONORABLE GOVERNOR.” HEIR OF ONE LAGOULE, MISSIONARY But No One Here Has Record of Him, So City’s Probably Safe. Paul Bonvallet, who lives in Paris, France, thinks that he has a claim to a part of […]
The Telegraph-Herald DUBUQUE, IOWA SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1925 “DU BUQUE” CONSIDERED RIGHT FRENCH SPELLING POPULAR ERROR PREVALENT IN ALL OLD DOCUMENTS NOW BEING PRESERVED AT LIBRARY. . SIGNATURE OF JULIEN DUBUQUE SHOWS CORRECT SPELLING INDIANS CONTROLLED TERRITORY AFTER DEATH OF DUBUQUE AND SPELLING WAS MOSTLY GUESSWORK. A popular error in the spelling of the […]
The Telegraph-Herald Sunday February 27, 1910 Dubuque Plans to Celebrate Centenary of Death of City’s Founder; Date is March 24th History of the French Canadian Who Was Iowa’s First Settler Reads Like Romance—His Enterprise Was Boundless and Like the Modern Financier Sentiment Never Stood in the Way of a Business Transaction In March 24 […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday December 9, 1899 THREE IN DUBUQUE’S TOMB. Joseph Tesson, a Full Blooded Indian Here From the Tama Agency. CAME TO ATTEND FEDERAL COURT. Is the Government Interpretor of the Indian Agency—His Story of the Troubles at the Agency. “Lelah-Pu-Kachee’s” case came before Judge Shiras Friday, bringing to the city Indian Agent […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday January 31, 1899 DUBUQUE’S HEIR. MRS. ADELINI CHANDLER, OF BELLEVILLE HAS THAT DISTINCTION. Mrs. Chandler is Now Ninety-two Years Old—Chicago Tribune Contains An Extended Writeup About the Descendant of the Founder of Our City. Sunday’s Chicago Tribune contains an extended article of a woman who, it is said, is a […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday January 8, 1899 “J. Dubuque.” FACSIMILE OF THE GENUINE SIGNATURE OF JULIEN DUBUQUE The Only One Now Known to Be ln Existence—Original, Owned by Col. Chouteau, on Exhibition in Iowa Historical Department. It was announced several weeks ago that Mr. Charles Aldrich had obtained the original of the signature of […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday October 31, 1897 THE FOUNDER’S GRAVE. Thousands Will Witness the Re-Interment of the Bones of Julien Dubuque. This afternoon, if the weather is pleasant, thousands of both old and young will go down to that beautiful spot where almost a century ago the founder of our city, Julien Dubuque, was […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Wednesday October 27, 1897 TO RE-INTER JULIEN DUBUQUE. Monument Completed and Services to be Held Saturday. The monument to Julien Dubuque has been completed and the committee yesterday held a meeting to arrange for the re-interment of Julien Dubuque’s bones next Sunday. Hon. J. H.. Shields has been invited to deliver the […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday October 19, 1897 THE DEED TO ALL DUBUQUE. On Sunday last the Herald published a copy of the deed given by Julien Dubuque to Auguste Chouteau, of St. Louis, for all the land where now stands the city of Dubuque. So for as we are aware, this is the first time […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday October 17, 1897 DEED OF DUBUQUE. Conveyance from Old Julien to Chouteau Turns Up. Recovered From New York Lawyers Making Inquires in Behalf of Alleged Relatives. Inquiries from alleged relatives of Julien Dubuque regarding his estate here are so frequent little attention is given them. A few days ago, however, […]