Category: Shades of Dubuque

As we look toward spring and summer, the weather takes a turn away from snow and cold temperatures toward gentle rains with the possibility of thunde

Most Dubuquers are well acquainted with the city’s 4th Street Elevator, but many aren’t as familiar with the historic 11th Street Elevator, a sho

The Finley Hospital School of Nursing was established in Dubuque in 1896. Just four years later in 1900, the Mercy School of Nursing was organized by

This article is brought to you by Trappist Caskets More than 20 years ago in 2003, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War started the Last So

April showers bring May flowers, but they also contribute to river flooding. As a Mississippi River town, Dubuque has experienced its share of floodi

On August 31, 1943, the Julien Dubuque Bridge opened to traffic crossing the Mississippi River between Dubuque, Iowa, and East Dubuque, Illinois. At

Seventy-five years ago on March 12, 1947, the first “M” tractor rolled off the assembly line at the brand new “John Deere Dubuque Works of Deere Man

A window sign requesting an ice delivery would look pretty strange in the 21st century, but back in the 1800s and early 1900s, the signal for the ic

When most people hear the name Eagle Point, they think of Dubuque’s beautiful park high on the bluff above the Mississippi River. But back in the 18

Everyone likes to talk about the weather. Some even spend an inordinate amount of time complaining about it, especially when the snow flies and the