LOCATION NICKNAMES

LOCATION NICKNAMES. Among the many geographical sites in Dubuque with nicknames are:

Camp 17---Miller View Park

Couler Valley--U.S.52 / Central Avenue Valley

Dubuque (State of)--The "State of Dubuque" label developed in the late 1800s when the community had the reputation of going by its own rules and ignoring the rest of Iowa. PROHIBITION enforcement or lack thereof was thought as the last example of the Dubuque-attitude.

This thought was soon lost in 1972 at the DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR. Games of chance on the Midway were the issue. Three courts had stopped the enforcement by Iowa Attorney Richard Turner of a 121-year-old law which prohibited prizes to winners. On the morning of August 18th, three fairs were opening in Iowa--Fayette County with no games, the Iowa State Fair using a coupon system, and the Dubuque County Fair operating in violation of the attorney general's ruling with prizes. The Iowa Supreme Court threw out Turner's injunction and ruled the county sheriffs could enforce the fairs. Turner's assistant stated the state would only then get involved if it received complaints or news of games of chance in the media. No news or complaints were received, the fair officials claimed the games were the carnival's concern and not the fair board, and no state agents appeared.

Consideration of the event included the fact that Turner had previously raided several church picnics in Dubuque County with poor public relations for his department. In 1972 he was also up for election. (Source: Accents, Telegraph Herald, September 18, 1972, p. 7)

Duck Pond--pond on the grounds along Asbury Road

Five Points--intersection of 20th, Elm, Rhomberg, and Garfield STREETS

Frog Town--bluff along Marquette Place

Kerrigan Hill--hill on U.S. 61 /151 near MURPHY PARK

Little Chicago--neighborhood along Peosta Street

Little Dublin--area in the southeastern part of town originally settled by Irish immigrants

Mile Hill--U. S. 20 near the city landfill

Monkey Town--area at the intersection of Asbury and University where there was once a store featuring a monkey

The Point--area on the northeast part of the city including Prescott, Lincoln, Rhomberg and Garfield streets

Seminary Hill--at the eastern end of Clarke Drive, home to MADISON PARK

Snowmad--shot-run ski run on West 32, west of the Grandview intersection

Whiskey Hill--Southern Avenue area

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Source:

1. "Native Language," Telegraph Herald, November 25, 2004, p. 1