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DUBUQUE, DUNLEITH, AND MINNESOTA PACKET COMPANY
DUBUQUE, DUNLEITH, AND MINNESOTA PACKET COMPANY. In the spring of 1860, the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD put a line of packets on the upper Mississippi, under the name Dubuque, Dunleith & Minnesota Packet Line.
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Oldt, Franklin T. History of Dubuque County, Iowa. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/franklin-t-oldt/history-of-dubuque-county-iowa-being-a-general-survey-of-dubuque-county-histor-tdl/page-24-history-of-dubuque-county-iowa-being-a-general-survey-of-dubuque-county-histor-tdl.shtml