ABOUT ENCYCLOPEDIA DUBUQUE - Revision history

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:22, 25 February 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|''Telegraph Herald'']], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|''Telegraph Herald'']], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sesquicentennial</del>, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [https://carnegiestout.org/about-us/#about-the-library-tab-3 Carnegie-Stout Public Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">175th anniversary</ins>, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [https://carnegiestout.org/about-us/#about-the-library-tab-3 Carnegie-Stout Public Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Public Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding]]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Public Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding]]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:41, 1 March 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|''Telegraph Herald'']], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|''Telegraph Herald'']], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [https://carnegiestout.org/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">carnegie</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stout</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">public</del>-library-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">foundation/ </del>Carnegie-Stout Public Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [https://carnegiestout.org/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">about</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">us/#about</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins>-library-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">tab-3 </ins>Carnegie-Stout Public Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Public Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding]]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Public Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding]]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td></tr> </table>

Admin https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=ABOUT_ENCYCLOPEDIA_DUBUQUE&diff=172532&oldid=prev Admin at 22:41, 28 December 2021 2021-12-28T22:41:50Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:41, 28 December 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|''Telegraph Herald'']], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|''Telegraph Herald'']], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [https://carnegiestout.org/carnegie-stout-public-library-foundation/ Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [https://carnegiestout.org/carnegie-stout-public-library-foundation/ Carnegie-Stout <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Public </ins>Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding]]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Public </ins>Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding]]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I dedicate this project to my wife, Ruth, who has enjoyed with me our life in this wonderful community and encouraged me at every moment to record its fascinating history. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I dedicate this project to my wife, Ruth, who has enjoyed with me our life in this wonderful community and encouraged me at every moment to record its fascinating history. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Randolph W. Lyon</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Randolph W. Lyon</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:19, 28 December 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|''Telegraph Herald'']], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|''Telegraph Herald'']], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http</del>://<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">www</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dubuque.lib.ia.us</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">index.aspx?NID=102 </del>Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https</ins>://<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">carnegiestout</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">org/carnegie-stout-public-library-foundation</ins>/ Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding]]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding]]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:28, 16 October 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [http://www.dubuque.lib.ia.us/index.aspx?NID=102 Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [http://www.dubuque.lib.ia.us/index.aspx?NID=102 Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I dedicate this project to my wife, Ruth, who has enjoyed with me our life in this wonderful community and encouraged me at every moment to record its fascinating history. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I dedicate this project to my wife, Ruth, who has enjoyed with me our life in this wonderful community and encouraged me at every moment to record its fascinating history. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Randolph W. Lyon</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Randolph W. Lyon</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:26, 16 October 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Welcome to ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'', a website dedicated to the history of the "Masterpiece on the Mississippi," Dubuque, Iowa – Iowa’s oldest city!</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Welcome to ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'', a website dedicated to the history of the "Masterpiece on the Mississippi," Dubuque, Iowa – Iowa’s oldest city!</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|Telegraph Herald]], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>Telegraph Herald<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>]], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [http://www.dubuque.lib.ia.us/index.aspx?NID=102 Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [http://www.dubuque.lib.ia.us/index.aspx?NID=102 Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the aging printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an expandable digital format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:26, 16 October 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|Telegraph Herald]], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|Telegraph Herald]], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [http://www.dubuque.lib.ia.us/index.aspx?NID=102 Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">online, electronic </del>format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [http://www.dubuque.lib.ia.us/index.aspx?NID=102 Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">aging </ins>printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">expandable digital </ins>format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to [[REDING, Robert Joseph|Bob Reding]. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, Bob has been a treasure.</div></td></tr> </table>

Admin https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=ABOUT_ENCYCLOPEDIA_DUBUQUE&diff=26298&oldid=prev Admin at 21:23, 16 October 2010 2010-10-16T21:23:22Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:23, 16 October 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Welcome to ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'', a website dedicated to the history of the "Masterpiece on the Mississippi," Dubuque, Iowa – Iowa’s oldest city!</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Welcome to ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'', a website dedicated to the history of the "Masterpiece on the Mississippi," Dubuque, Iowa – Iowa’s oldest city!</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read. Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|Telegraph Herald]], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|Telegraph Herald]], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [http://www.dubuque.lib.ia.us/index.aspx?NID=102 Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an online, electronic format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Dubuque reached its sesquicentennial, the Dubuque City Council announced that it would fund ten applications from local historical societies or groups with projects involving Dubuque history. The [http://www.dubuque.lib.ia.us/index.aspx?NID=102 Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation] chose to apply for a grant to convert the printed edition of ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' to an online, electronic format. This grant application was approved in 2008, establishing the threshold for a new and exciting approach to local history.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I would like to thank the Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation for its encouragement and support of this innovative project. I have especially appreciated the support given to this project by Michael May at Carnegie-Stout Public Library. My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[REDING, Robert Joseph|</ins>Bob Reding<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bob </ins>has been a treasure.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>My technical support came from Angela and Ransom Briggs of Iowa City and Jason Burds of Carnegie-Stout Public Library. In addition to all the people who provided pictures and information for the book, I would like to add my deep appreciation to Bob Reding. Always willing to answer questions or provide material for pictures, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">he </del>has been a treasure. </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I dedicate this project to my wife, Ruth, who has enjoyed with me our life in this wonderful community and encouraged me at every moment to record its fascinating history. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I dedicate this project to my wife, Ruth, who has enjoyed with me our life in this wonderful community and encouraged me at every moment to record its fascinating history. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Randolph W. Lyon</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Randolph W. Lyon</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:19, 16 October 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Welcome to ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'', a website dedicated to the history of the "Masterpiece on the Mississippi," Dubuque, Iowa – Iowa’s oldest city!</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Welcome to ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'', a website dedicated to the history of the "Masterpiece on the Mississippi," Dubuque, Iowa – Iowa’s oldest city!</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]])<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 by [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] and published by [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]), ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|Telegraph Herald]], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|Telegraph Herald]], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td></tr> </table>

Admin https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=ABOUT_ENCYCLOPEDIA_DUBUQUE&diff=26296&oldid=prev Admin at 21:18, 16 October 2010 2010-10-16T21:18:29Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:18, 16 October 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Welcome to ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'', a website dedicated to the history of the "Masterpiece on the Mississippi," Dubuque, Iowa – Iowa’s oldest city!</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Welcome to ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'', a website dedicated to the history of the "Masterpiece on the Mississippi," Dubuque, Iowa – Iowa’s oldest city!</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 [[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </del>[[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]),, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The basis of ''Encyclopedia Dubuque'' is the book, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia''. Written in 1991 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by </ins>[[LYON, Randolph W.|Randolph W. LYON]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and published by </ins>[[FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE| First National Bank of Dubuque]] (now [[U.S. BANK|U.S. Bank]]),, ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' was designed as a table-top reference to Dubuque's history. Organized in alphabetical order, the entries were quick to locate and easy to read.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|Telegraph Herald]], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Sales of the original ''Dubuque: The Encyclopedia'' were brisk. Over the years, the encyclopedia was frequently cited in the local newspaper, the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD|Telegraph Herald]], as a source of information, and copies at [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY|Carnegie-Stout Public Library]] had to be rebound due to heavy use.</div></td></tr> </table>

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