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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=EAGLE_POINT_PARK&diff=185142&oldid=prevRandylyon at 15:20, 16 July 20252025-07-16T15:20:29Z<p></p>
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<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>[[Image:eaglepointpark.gif|left|thumb|150px|Eagle Point Park draws visitors from around the United States.]]</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>[[Image:eaglepointpark.gif|left|thumb|150px|Eagle Point Park draws visitors from around the United States<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The stairway was constructed just north of the exposed rock area near the Shiras Memorial</ins>.]]</div></td></tr>
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<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>[[Image:eaglepointsteps.gif|left|thumb|150px|]]In February 1910 the Dubuque city council, at the suggestion of Judge Shiras, adopted an ordinance providing for the election of three park commissioners. (5) In the April election, Shiras won along with Herbert Adams and [[PIEKENBROCK, Frank J.|Frank J. PIEKENBROCK]] to make up Dubuque's first park board. This gave Shiras the opportunity to go beyond private donations for the park's development. Maintenance and improvement funds, originally raised by private contributions, were later provided through taxes.</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>[[Image:eaglepointsteps.gif|left|thumb|150px|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Riverside Stairway" leading to Eagle Point Park.</ins>]]In February 1910 the Dubuque city council, at the suggestion of Judge Shiras, adopted an ordinance providing for the election of three park commissioners. (5) In the April election, Shiras won along with Herbert Adams and [[PIEKENBROCK, Frank J.|Frank J. PIEKENBROCK]] to make up Dubuque's first park board. This gave Shiras the opportunity to go beyond private donations for the park's development. Maintenance and improvement funds, originally raised by private contributions, were later provided through taxes.</div></td></tr>
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<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>When Eagle Point Park was opened to the public in June 1910 there were two ways to reach the park. The Shiras Avenue entrance remained the same for years. The other approach was for walkers. A steep and winding pathway beginning at the north end of Rhomberg Avenue led up the hill into the park. (6) Although picturesque, the path was hazardous with a high railing to protect people from falling over the side. It was only two months after the opening of the park that the Dubuque Park Commission improved the path with cement steps of 7-inch tread. The steps and walk were five feet wide leading up in easy stages to the top of the hill. The 400-feet long project was completed by Nicholas J. Staner contractor, and G.A. Heyne, Superintendent of Parks. </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>When Eagle Point Park was opened to the public in June 1910 there were two ways to reach the park. The Shiras Avenue entrance remained the same for years. The other approach was for walkers. A steep and winding pathway beginning at the north end of Rhomberg Avenue led up the hill into the park. (6) Although picturesque, the path was hazardous with a high railing to protect people from falling over the side. It was only two months after the opening of the park that the Dubuque Park Commission improved the path with cement steps of 7-inch tread. The steps and walk were five feet wide leading up in easy stages to the top of the hill. The 400-feet long project was completed by Nicholas J. Staner contractor, and G.A. Heyne, Superintendent of Parks. </div></td></tr>
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<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>On June 12, 1908, the beginning of Eagle Point Park was created from land purchased from [[RHOMBERG, Alphons L.|Alphons L. RHOMBERG]] for $20,000 with aid from the Civic Division of the [[DUBUQUE WOMEN'S CLUB]]. (2) According to Rita Pfohl, his granddaughter, Rhomberg left 95 acres to his wife and said she should only sell it if its use was to be a public park. In 1908, 87 acres were sold from the estate and her uncle [[RHOMBERG, Alphonse J.|Alphonse J. RHOMBERG]] sold another eight acres for one dollar. (3) Charles Robinson was hired by the citizens' committee as the landscape architect. Charles Lowrie was retained as the park planner, and Thomas Jess, a surveyor, prepared the plans.</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>On June 12, 1908, the beginning of Eagle Point Park was created from land purchased from <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the estate of </ins>[[RHOMBERG, Alphons L.|Alphons L. RHOMBERG]] for $20,000 with aid from the Civic Division of the [[DUBUQUE WOMEN'S CLUB]]. (2) According to Rita Pfohl, his granddaughter, Rhomberg left 95 acres to his wife and said she should only sell it if its use was to be a public park. In 1908, 87 acres were sold from the estate and her uncle [[RHOMBERG, Alphonse J.|Alphonse J. RHOMBERG]] sold another eight acres for one dollar. (3) Charles Robinson was hired by the citizens' committee as the landscape architect. Charles Lowrie was retained as the park planner, and Thomas Jess, a surveyor, prepared the plans. Since the original purchase, seventeen parcels have been purchased or donated, which <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">brought </ins>the park to its present size. (4) </div></td></tr>
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<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>[[Image:eaglepointboat.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eagle Point Park rests on the bluffs above the Mississippi River. Photo courtesy: John Knepper]]Improvements to the land in 1908 totaled $10,000. A fence was installed along the bluff for the protection of visitors. Ravine Road, the entrance to the park, was constructed in the valley south and west of the park using teams of horses and manual labor. Inexpensive labor was also used to erect hitching posts, rest rooms, tables, and benches. </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>[[Image:eaglepointboat.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eagle Point Park rests on the bluffs above the Mississippi River. Photo courtesy: John Knepper]]Improvements to the land in 1908 totaled $10,000. A fence was installed along the bluff for the protection of visitors. Ravine Road, the entrance to the park, was constructed in the valley south and west of the park using teams of horses and manual labor. Inexpensive labor was also used to erect hitching posts, rest rooms, tables, and benches. </div></td></tr>
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<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>[[Image:eaglepointsteps.gif|left|thumb|150px|]]In February 1910 the Dubuque city council, at the suggestion of Judge Shiras, adopted an ordinance providing for the election of three park commissioners. (5) In the April election, Shiras won along with Herbert Adams and [[PIEKENBROCK, Frank J.|Frank J. PIEKENBROCK]] to make up Dubuque's first park board. This gave Shiras the opportunity to go beyond private donations for the park's development. Maintenance and improvement funds, originally raised by private contributions, were later provided through taxes.</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>[[Image:eaglepointsteps.gif|left|thumb|150px|]]In February 1910 the Dubuque city council, at the suggestion of Judge Shiras, adopted an ordinance providing for the election of three park commissioners. (5) In the April election, Shiras won along with Herbert Adams and [[PIEKENBROCK, Frank J.|Frank J. PIEKENBROCK]] to make up Dubuque's first park board. This gave Shiras the opportunity to go beyond private donations for the park's development. Maintenance and improvement funds, originally raised by private contributions, were later provided through taxes.</div></td></tr>
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<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>When Eagle Point Park was opened to the public in June 1910 there were two ways to reach the park. The Shiras Avenue entrance remained the same for years. The other approach was for walkers. A steep and winding pathway beginning at the north end of Rhomberg Avenue led up the hill into the park. (6)</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>When Eagle Point Park was opened to the public in June 1910 there were two ways to reach the park. The Shiras Avenue entrance remained the same for years. The other approach was for walkers. A steep and winding pathway beginning at the north end of Rhomberg Avenue led up the hill into the park. (6) <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Although picturesque, the path was hazardous with a high railing to protect people from falling over the side. It was only two months after the opening of the park that the Dubuque Park Commission improved the path with cement steps of 7-inch tread. The steps and walk were five feet wide leading up in easy stages to the top of the hill. The 400-feet long project was completed by Nicholas J. Staner contractor, and G.A. Heyne, Superintendent of Parks. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<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>Park rules were published in the newspaper. Among the fifteen rules was prohibition of driving automobiles faster than five miles per hour or hitching horses to the trees. The use of vulgar language was forbidden as was the use of firearms or alcohol. Violators of any of the rules could be removed from the park or face fines up to $100 and or imprisonment for up to thirty days. (7)</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>Park rules were published in the newspaper. Among the fifteen rules was prohibition of driving automobiles faster than five miles per hour or hitching horses to the trees. The use of vulgar language was forbidden as was the use of firearms or alcohol. Violators of any of the rules could be removed from the park or face fines up to $100 and or imprisonment for up to thirty days. (7)</div></td></tr>
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