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TWIN SPRINGS
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Photo courtesy: Dubuque and Its Neighborhoods, HARGER AND BLISH, 1897
TWIN SPRINGS. Twin Springs, north of the city, was a popular picnic area for residents in the late 1800s. In June, 1891 the Dubuque Daily Herald advertised that the round trip by train for adults was twenty-five cents while children tickets cost fifteen cents.
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Source:
"Municipal Molecules," Dubuque Daily Herald, June 6, 1891, p. 4