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[[Image:1894.png|left|thumb|250px|1894 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]EAGLE POINT BOAT HOUSE. The 1899-1900 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 10th and Lincoln. | [[Image:1894.png|left|thumb|250px|1894 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]EAGLE POINT BOAT HOUSE. The 1899-1900 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed 10th and Lincoln. | ||
In May 1891, the ''Dubuque Daily Herald'' announced that fourteen "elegant" boats had been received from New York. They would either be rented or sold. (1) In April 1892 boat house officials announced an addition of fifty feet in length to "one of the boat houses" making it the largest on the river between St. Paul and New Orleans. Another carload of boats and canoes had also arrived. (2) | In May 1891, the ''Dubuque Daily Herald'' announced that fourteen "elegant" boats had been received from New York. They would either be rented or sold. (1) In April 1892 boat house officials announced an addition of fifty feet in length to "one of the boat houses" making it the largest on the river between St. Paul and New Orleans. Another carload of boats and canoes had also arrived. (2) | ||
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EAGLE POINT BOAT HOUSE. The 1899-1900 Dubuque City Directory listed 10th and Lincoln.
In May 1891, the Dubuque Daily Herald announced that fourteen "elegant" boats had been received from New York. They would either be rented or sold. (1) In April 1892 boat house officials announced an addition of fifty feet in length to "one of the boat houses" making it the largest on the river between St. Paul and New Orleans. Another carload of boats and canoes had also arrived. (2)
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Source:
1. "Municipal Molecules," Dubuque Daily Herald, May 15, 1891, p. 4
2. "Municipal Molecules," Dubuque Daily Herald, April 7, 1892, p. 4