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  • 05:0505:05, 27 December 2023 diff hist −58‎ LOCATION NICKNAMES ‎No edit summary
  • 05:0105:01, 27 December 2023 diff hist +138‎ N Category:Nicknames ‎ Created page with "Nicknames. Finding your way around Dubuque often has depended upon knowing terms used for geographical areas. Some of these terms include:" current
  • 04:5904:59, 27 December 2023 diff hist +20‎ LOCATION NICKNAMES ‎No edit summary
  • 04:5604:56, 27 December 2023 diff hist +1,126‎ N LOCATION NICKNAMES ‎ Created page with "LOCATION NICKNAMES. Among the many geographical sites in Dubuque with nicknames are: Camp 17---Miller View Park Couler Valley--U.S.52 / Central Avenue Valley Duck Pond--pond on the grounds of the [[SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION) along Asbury Road Five Points--intersection of 20th, Elm, Rhomberg, and Garfield STREETS Frog Town--bluff along Marquette Place Kerrigan Hill--hill on U.S. 61 /151 near MURPHY PARK Little Chicago--neighborhood along Peosta Street Li..."
  • 04:3904:39, 27 December 2023 diff hist +1,609‎ N CITY NICKNAMES ‎ Created page with "CITY NICKNAMES. Of the many nicknames Dubuque has had, the only one to survive is "The Key City." The origin of that nickname was credited to an 1854 issue of the ''Miners' Express''. It was not until 1889 that the nickname became popular. The title "Dubuque, The Key City" was used in a fifty-page advertisement to boast of the city's advantages over other Iowa communities. The basis of the name was said to reflect Dubuque's geographic location halfway between Milwaukee..." current
  • 04:3304:33, 27 December 2023 diff hist +200‎ DUBUQUE BUILDING ‎No edit summary current

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