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[[Image:LewisWarner.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Warner Lewis]]LEWIS, Warner. (Goochland Co., VA, 1805-Dubuque, IA, May 4, 1888). | [[Image:LewisWarner.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Warner Lewis]]LEWIS, Warner. (Goochland Co., VA, 1805-Dubuque, IA, May 4, 1888). [[MAYOR]] In 1833 Lewis settled in Iowa. He was elected to the state legislature for several terms during which he served as Speaker of the House. | ||
In April, 1849, Warner Lewis became mayor and city government was faced with old and new issues. In May three causeways were ordered built on Bluff street at First, Second and Third streets. The council bought fifty barrels of lime for distribution in view of the appearance of cholera here in 1849. Drs. Boone and Holt were constituted a board of health. | |||
A house for cholera patients was rented of B. Rupert for $4 a | |||
month. A house owned by T. Davis was also thus occupied. The council bought of Smith & Co. their interest in the powder magazine for $425. John Stafford was permitted to mine on Third Street, the city to receive one-fifth of the mineral raised. | |||
It was realized in June, 1849, that the plan for a Dubuque harbor, | |||
which seemed most likely to be best, was to build a levee out to the | |||
main channel and fill in the intermediate sloughs. Some plan that | |||
would improve existing conditions was deemed imperative. The | |||
Miners' Express of June 13, 1849, said: "Already the largest town | |||
west of the Mississippi and north of St. Louis, situated precisely at | |||
the point of latitude at which the railroads extending west from | |||
the towns upon the lakes must strike the river; surrounded by a | |||
country on all sides, almost illimitable in extent and inexhaustible in | |||
its agricultural and mineral resources — it requires no gift of prophecy to foresee that Dubuque is destined to become and to remain | |||
the great commercial city of the Northwest." | |||
Main street was vastly improved — bumps were cut down and hollows filled. | |||
Under President Polk, Lewis, a descendant from Martha Washington's first marriage, was appointed Register of the United States Land Office. He served as Surveyor General of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota under presidents Pierce and Buchanan. Locally he was elected Dubuque County Recorder, a position he held for over fifteen years. | Under President Polk, Lewis, a descendant from Martha Washington's first marriage, was appointed Register of the United States Land Office. He served as Surveyor General of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota under presidents Pierce and Buchanan. Locally he was elected Dubuque County Recorder, a position he held for over fifteen years. | ||
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History of Dubuque County | Oldt, Franklin T. History of Dubuque County. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/franklin-t-oldt/history-of-dubuque-county-iowa-being-a-general-survey-of-dubuque-county-histor-tdl/page-9-history-of-dubuque-county-iowa-being-a-general-survey-of-dubuque-county-histor-tdl.shtml | ||
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Revision as of 03:53, 28 May 2012
LEWIS, Warner. (Goochland Co., VA, 1805-Dubuque, IA, May 4, 1888). MAYOR In 1833 Lewis settled in Iowa. He was elected to the state legislature for several terms during which he served as Speaker of the House.
In April, 1849, Warner Lewis became mayor and city government was faced with old and new issues. In May three causeways were ordered built on Bluff street at First, Second and Third streets. The council bought fifty barrels of lime for distribution in view of the appearance of cholera here in 1849. Drs. Boone and Holt were constituted a board of health. A house for cholera patients was rented of B. Rupert for $4 a month. A house owned by T. Davis was also thus occupied. The council bought of Smith & Co. their interest in the powder magazine for $425. John Stafford was permitted to mine on Third Street, the city to receive one-fifth of the mineral raised.
It was realized in June, 1849, that the plan for a Dubuque harbor, which seemed most likely to be best, was to build a levee out to the main channel and fill in the intermediate sloughs. Some plan that would improve existing conditions was deemed imperative. The Miners' Express of June 13, 1849, said: "Already the largest town west of the Mississippi and north of St. Louis, situated precisely at the point of latitude at which the railroads extending west from the towns upon the lakes must strike the river; surrounded by a country on all sides, almost illimitable in extent and inexhaustible in its agricultural and mineral resources — it requires no gift of prophecy to foresee that Dubuque is destined to become and to remain the great commercial city of the Northwest."
Main street was vastly improved — bumps were cut down and hollows filled.
Under President Polk, Lewis, a descendant from Martha Washington's first marriage, was appointed Register of the United States Land Office. He served as Surveyor General of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota under presidents Pierce and Buchanan. Locally he was elected Dubuque County Recorder, a position he held for over fifteen years.
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Oldt, Franklin T. History of Dubuque County. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/franklin-t-oldt/history-of-dubuque-county-iowa-being-a-general-survey-of-dubuque-county-histor-tdl/page-9-history-of-dubuque-county-iowa-being-a-general-survey-of-dubuque-county-histor-tdl.shtml