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[[Image:boepple.jpg|left|thumb|350px|John Boepple established the clam shell button industry along the Mississippi River.]]BOEPPLE, John. (Hamburg, Germany, 1854--Muscatine, IA, Jan. 1912). Founder of the [[BUTTON INDUSTRY]] along the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]]. Dubuque's thriving pearl button industry developed after Boepple found | [[Image:boepple.jpg|left|thumb|350px|John Boepple established the clam shell button industry along the Mississippi River.]]BOEPPLE, John. (Hamburg, Germany, 1854--Muscatine, IA, Jan. 1912). Founder of the [[BUTTON INDUSTRY]] along the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]]. Dubuque's thriving pearl button industry developed after Boepple found clam shells in the Mississippi near Muscatine, Iowa. These offered, at half the cost, as much luster as the more expensive ocean clam shells then used to make buttons. | ||
Because of disputes with his partners, Boepple offered in 1899 to bring his company to Dubuque if the city would reimburse his moving expense. This never occurred. | Because of disputes with his partners, Boepple offered in 1899 to bring his company to Dubuque if the city would reimburse his moving expense. This never occurred. | ||
Driven from the company he started, Boepple became a buyer of shells for other companies. While visiting Dubuque in 1902, he expressed his alarm at the detrimental effects the industry was having on the supply of clams in the river. Ironically, Boepple cut his foot on a piece of | Driven from the company he started, Boepple became a buyer of shells for other companies. While visiting Dubuque in 1902, he expressed his alarm at the detrimental effects the industry was having on the supply of clams in the river. Ironically, Boepple cut his foot on a piece of clam shell and died from the resulting infection. | ||
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Revision as of 21:50, 23 December 2009
BOEPPLE, John. (Hamburg, Germany, 1854--Muscatine, IA, Jan. 1912). Founder of the BUTTON INDUSTRY along the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Dubuque's thriving pearl button industry developed after Boepple found clam shells in the Mississippi near Muscatine, Iowa. These offered, at half the cost, as much luster as the more expensive ocean clam shells then used to make buttons.
Because of disputes with his partners, Boepple offered in 1899 to bring his company to Dubuque if the city would reimburse his moving expense. This never occurred.
Driven from the company he started, Boepple became a buyer of shells for other companies. While visiting Dubuque in 1902, he expressed his alarm at the detrimental effects the industry was having on the supply of clams in the river. Ironically, Boepple cut his foot on a piece of clam shell and died from the resulting infection.