The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday July 29, 1894 WALKS ABOUT DUBUQUE Some of the Famous Old Houses Before the War. THE MANSIONS ON THE HILL. The Manor Houses of the Boom Days of ’56—Langworthy Residences—-Those on Alpine Street—Many in Southern Style—Some of the Famous Mansions of the City—The Colonel Goes Into History. “I will tell […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday July 21, 1894 WALKS ABOUT DUBUQUE Some of the Famous Old Houses Before the War. Well Known Homes of Old Dubuquers. “Do you know much about Dubuque as it was before the war,” I asked the Colonel as we started out for a ramble the other night. “Not so […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday July 8, 1894 WALKS ABOUT DUBUQUE The Spot Near Dubuque Where Once Was a Battle.. INDIAN FIGHT AT SIOUX BLUFF. The Sioux Driven Over also Precipice and Perish on the Rocks Below—Their Bones Bleach for Years in the Sun—One of the Last Battles Between the Sacs and Foxes and the […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday July 1, 1894 WALKS ABOUT DUBUQUE The Colonel Tells What He Knows About the North Wing of the City. THE GLORIES OF EAGLE POINT. Built on a High Plateau and Shaped Like a V—Its Industries, Its Streets, Its Growth, Its Name—The Biggest Shops in Town Stand Where Once Was a […]
The Dubuque Herald Sunday June 24, 1894 WALKS ABOUT DUBUQUE One of the Ravines that Lead into the City. THE STORY OF HEEB’S HOLLOW. The Mine of Peosta’s Wife Here Located—The Pioneer Lead Mine of All This section—A Part of the City Little Known. “Well, which way tonight.” I inquired of the Colonel as he […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday June 17, 1894 WALKS ABOUT DUBUQUE The Colonel Points Out the Solid Growth of the South End of the City. SOUTH END VS. NORTH END. A Halt Called on North End Bragging —Claims That the South End Has Spent Two Dollars of Improvements to the North End’s One—What the South […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday June 10, 1894 WALKS ABOUT DUBUQUE A Fine Part of the City Little Known to Down Town People. BROADWAY AND PARK HILL. A Splendid Bench of Land for Residences—Kienetown—The Patriarch of this Part of the City—The Road Around King’s Grove—Up to Park Hill—A Coming Part of the City. “Ah, […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday June 3, 1894 WALKS ABOUT DUBUQUE The Colonel Discourses Learnedly Upon the New Things He Has Discovered. WONDERS OF SEMINARY HILL. A Bare Bluff Turned Into a Thriving City—New Streets, New Homes, New Everything— Why Called Seminary Hill—Miles of New Streets. “Come,” said the Colonel one evening a short time […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday May 27, 1894 WALKS ABOUT DUBUQUE What a Downtown Man Has Just Found Out about His City. WHAT FIXED THE LOCATION. Julien Dubuque—The Mines of Spain—DuBuque or Dubuque—The Natural Plateau—Can Talk About Europe, but Not. About His Own City. “Come on,” said the Colonel to me one day not long […]