The Telegraph-Herald Sunday September 15, 1946 This Is Dubuque in 1846; the Year Iowa Joined the Union. Artist Alex Simplot drew this sketch of Dubuque in 1846 from the Illinois side of the Mississippi river. Early Fires Quenched By ‘Old Coffee Mill’ A few buckets of water in the hands of friendly neighbors usually took […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday May 20, 1877 CITY COUNCIL (Excerpt from Article on City Council Meeting May 19, 1877) Special Meeting to Hear the Report of Engineer Tschirgi Upon the Improvement of 17th Street. And for the Consideration of Other Important Street Improvements. Five Hundred Dollars Appropriated for the Improvement of Locust Street Extension […]
The Dubuque Herald Sunday July 30, 1876 ROCKDALE. History of Its Mill From 1834 to 1876. Interesting Statement and Facts In the History of Dubuque County The terrible calamity which overtook this suburban village on the evening of the 4th July, 1876,very naturally excites an inquiry into the history of the flouring mills, which give the […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Friday August 4, 1876 ROCKDALE INDUSTRIES. The First Blast Furnace for Smelting Lead Ever Constructed In Iowa Only Two Survivors of the Original Company. Interesting Mineral Statistics, &c., &c. In my previous article I wrote a brief history of the Rockdale flouring mill—in this I propose to give the history […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday August 5, 1876 To “An Old Settler.” Let me correct your chronology a little, as an older settler, as I suppose I am, having come to these mines in 1828, and settled at Sinsinawa Mound, where. in the spring of 1828, l erected my log furnaces, made the first road […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday August 6, 1876 Rockdale Industries. To the Editor of the Dubuque Herald I observe in your paper of the 5th inst. a note from Hon. George W. Jones, purporting to correct some statements in my article of the 4th under the heading of “Rockdale Industries.” I regret exceedingly the […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Thursday August 24, 1876 Early Local History. DUBUQUE, Aug. 19, 1876—My esteemed and valued friend will, I trust, pardon me if I make, or try to make, in all respect, another correction of his very interesting reminiscences of “Early Local History.” as a nomenciator and in reference to the origin […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday August 26, 1876 HOW A CITY WAS NAMED. Prairie Dogs Have A Hand In It. To the Editor of the Dubuque Herald. In your paper of Thursday last, “An Older Settler” takes me somewhat to task for claiming that the name, “Prairie du Chien” was derived from the name of […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Friday September 15, 1876 EARLY LOCAL HISTORY. Capture of Prairie du Chien by the British in the War of 1812 and Incidents. The capture of the American military post of Prairie du Chien during the war of 1812 was one of the most important events in American history, from the […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday September 17, 1876 LOCAL HISTORY. Improvements of the Rapids of the Mississippi—History of the Origin of the Work—Gen. Jackson Threatens to Veto the Bill—How Disuaded Therefrom. No measure ever brought before congress has been or is of more importance to the people of the whole Mississippi valley, and more especially to […]