July 4th 1878

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The Dubuque Daily Herald  Thursday July 4, 1878 THE 4TH OF JULY.  A Word or Two About the Day We Celebrate.  And a Complete List of Excursions, Picnics, Etc. One hundred and two years ago to-day  Charles Carrol, of Carrolton, doubly sealed a document that is a heir-loom to the descendants of the nation. From that […]

Well Known Homes of Old Dubuquers

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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 much as […]