Dubuque Herald May 22, 1887 Local News In Brief

Posted Posted in May 1887, News In Brief

The Dubuque Herald May 22, 1887 Local News In Brief OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,} WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22, 1 :30 a. m.} Indications—For Iowa: Cooler, threatening weather, local rains, variable winds.   —W. H. Torbert—Druggist —Dr. M. D. Goble. dentist.—6tf. —Byrne Bros. & Co., undertakers.—tf —Waterloo Ice Cream at Sam Upton’s only. […]

Two-Story Frame at Tenth and Main Streets built by Samuel Dixon in 1839

Posted Posted in Historic Dubuque Homes, Samuel D. Dixon

The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal   Sunday March 4, 1934 One of Dubuque’s Oldest Houses Two-Story Frame at Tenth and Main Streets built by Samuel Dixon in 1839 There possibly is no one in Du­buque who does not recognize the house in the photograph reproduced below. Generations of Dubuquers have passed before this two-story frame dwelling which […]

The Committee Visit the High Bridge and Seventeenth Street and View the Ground

Posted Posted in 1887, City Council, High Bridge Approach 1887, The High Bridge, The High Bridge 1887, The Wagon Bridge

The Dubuque Daily Herald  Thursday May 19, 1887 CITY COUNCIL  The Committee of the Whole Hold an Interesting Meeting. The Proposition of the County Supervisors Relative to the Employ of Prisoners Referred. The Gas Petition to Be the Special Order of Business Next Monday Evening. The Cow Ordinance Not to Be Changed —The Street Car Company […]

Some Early Arrivals in Old Dubuque

Posted Posted in Early Dubuquers

The Telegraph-Herald and Times – Journal     Sunday April 23, 1933 Some Early Arrivals in Old Dubuque The dates of arrival of some of the early citizens of Dubuque follow: Wm and Joseph Cook of Cottage Hill, and Walter Cook of Dubuque, came here in 1835; Charles Stafford, 1838; Judge Wilson, 1836; T. F. Gilliam, 1846; Roger […]