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  • DUNLEITH & DUBUQUE BRIDGE CO.
    ...ge building company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[ ...found his argument supported by [[SMITH, Platt|Platt SMITH]], a prominent Dubuque attorney, who had recently seen a cast iron lamp post smashed when struck b
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  • ELLWANGER, William Edward, Sr.
    ...olling interest in the bridge and served as the president of the [[DUBUQUE BRIDGE CO.]] until his death in April 1917. (1) ...s daughter were in control. William E. Ellwanger had so much experience in bridge operation and management that the commission asked him to continue in his s
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  • DUNLEITH & DUBUQUE BRIDGE CO.
    ...ge building company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[ ...found his argument supported by [[SMITH, Platt|Platt SMITH]], a prominent Dubuque attorney, who had recently seen a cast iron lamp post smashed when struck b
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  • ELLWANGER, Ralph
    ELLWANGER, Ralph. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 23, 1882--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 30, 1933). The son of [[ELLWANGER, John Peter|John Peter ELLWANGE For many years, Ellwanger served as the secretary of the [[DUBUQUE BRIDGE CO.]]
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  • BOOCH, Leopold Herman
    BOOCH, Leopold Herman. (Dubuque, IA, Feb. 23, 1866--Texas, Dec. 1, 1932). The son of Henry H. and Louise (L Booch began as a clerk with Bridge & Beach Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of stoves. He became vice presiden
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  • MYERS, Dorrance Dixon
    ...ON, MYERS & CO.]] In 1867 Myers established and served as president of the Dubuque Tobacco Works, reorganized in 1870 as the [[MYERS-COX COMPANY]], a wholesal .... He is also a director of the [[DUBUQUE HARNESS AND SADDLERY COMPANY]], [[DUBUQUE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY]], and the [[NUTWOOD DRIVING CLUB]].
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  • LIPPER, George
    ...his campaign for governor. When Franzenburg lost, Lipper moved in 1968 to Dubuque to be the assistant city manager, a position he had previously held in Port ...Lipper joined the board of directors of the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD]] and the [[DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]].
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  • BAAL, Martin
    ...uque, IA, Apr. 12, 1930). Baal's parents came west in 1852 and settled in Dubuque County. During the [[CIVIL WAR]], he enlisted in Co. E, 21st I.V.I. and fou On May 17, 1863 at the Battle of Black River Bridge in Mississippi he was shot in the right foot which led to its amputation. H
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  • COUCH, Frances E.
    ...who was then secretary of the [[DUNLEITH & DUBUQUE BRIDGE CO.]] and the [[DUBUQUE AND SIOUX CITY RAILROAD]]. She improvised her own system of shorthand and p 1. "Dubuque Woman Much Be-Titled," ''Telegraph-Herald'', April 12, 1936, p. 16
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  • COX, Walter G.
    ...& Emerson, one of Dubuque's first tobacco merchants. He then moved to East Dubuque, Illinois and bought and sold grain until 1869. (1) ...n Tobacco Company. (3) Cox also served as a director of the [[DUBUQUE HIGH BRIDGE]] Company.
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  • ELLWANGER, John Peter
    ...Bob Reding]]ELLWANGER, John Peter. (Hesse-Darmstadt,Germany, May 24, 1849--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 22, 1917). John Peter Ellwanger was the fourth of eight children ...arrival on American soil, the family quickly traveled to, and settled in, Dubuque. Members of Agatha’s family, the Jaegers, had preceded them to the city.
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  • SCHRUP, Nicholas III
    ...up.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]SCHRUP, Nicholas III. (Dubuque, IA, June 16, 1955-- ). As a teenager, Schrup operated the city's only pri ...CIATION]] and served as chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Julien Dubuque Bridge Task Force. (1) In 2001 he was co-chair of the Building Meaningful Lives ca
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  • POWER, John W.
    ...844--Fort Benton, MT, Feb. 10, 1901). Power was educated in the schools of Dubuque and a course at Sinsinawa Mound College, Wisconsin. He followed his brother ...of the city for many years. John W. Palmer promoted the construction of a bridge, organized the company to build it, and purchased a great deal of its capit
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  • BROWN, Maurice
    ...|left|thumb|150px|]]BROWN, Maurice. (County Kerry, Ireland, Mar. 20, 1812--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 4. 1885) Immigrating to the United States in 1836, he found work Brown and his family then moved to Dubuque where he began work for the [[ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD]]. Forming a partne
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  • THEDINGA, John H.
    ...]THEDINGA, John H. (Kloster Thedinga, Ostfriesland, Hanover, May 25, 1814--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 13, 1876). [[MAYOR]]. In 1835 Thedinga came to the United States ...onnection with his brother-in-law, Bentzen. From that time, he remained in Dubuque.
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  • PROVOOST, Benjamin B.
    PROVOOST, Benjamin B. (New York, NY, Feb. 15, 1813--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 22, 1881). Proovst helped built the Catskill and Canajoharie rail ...54, Provoost came to Dubuque after being appointed Chief Engineer of the [[DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD]]. He located the road to Sioux City and had charge of
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  • EAGLE POINT FUN LAND
    ...mberg Avenue. The amusement center was near the approach to the [[RHOMBERG BRIDGE]] and within the quarry of the [[EAGLE POINT LIME WORKS]]. ...elegraph Herald and https://www.facebook.com/pages/You-know-you-grew-up-in-Dubuque-Iowa-if-you-remember/130170407077838]]
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  • EAGLE POINT FUNLAND
    ...mberg Avenue. The amusement center was near the approach to the [[RHOMBERG BRIDGE]] and within the quarry of the [[EAGLE POINT LIME WORKS]]. ...elegraph Herald and https://www.facebook.com/pages/You-know-you-grew-up-in-Dubuque-Iowa-if-you-remember/130170407077838]]
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  • JAEGER, Francis
    ...--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 7, 1912). Jaeger, one of the prominent business men of Dubuque, was associated with many of the principal industries of the city. He began ...consin, Minnesota and Arkansas. (2) He was a diretor of the [[DUBUQUE HIGH BRIDGE COMPANY]]. (3)
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  • DUNLEITH AND DUBUQUE BRIDGE
    ...dge Company]]DUNLEITH AND DUBUQUE BRIDGE. Prior to the construction of the bridge, railroad cars, wagons, and travelers of the 1860s had to be carried across ...hen the Illinois legislature granted a charter to the Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge Company for the project. (2) Due to the [[CIVIL WAR]], no action was taken
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  • STAPLES, George M.
    ...hle he was a teacher in the Portland High School. He and his wife moved to Dubuque in January, 1856. With the start of the [[CIVIL WAR]], he entered the 14th ...dent of the Dubuque Specialty Machine Company and the [[DUNLEITH & DUBUQUE BRIDGE CO.]]
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