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Trappist Caskets: Dubuque’s Historic Brick Making Industry
Downtown Dubuque boasts an abundance of historic, red brick buildings. Many were built using locally produced brick. Back in the mid to late 1800s...
Trappist Caskets: Iowa’s Oldest House
The historic log cabin sitting proudly on a hilltop at Dubuque’s Mathias Ham Historic Site has the distinction of being the city’s and Iowa’s...
Wells Fargo Advisors: Making a Difference – Unusual Ways to Give...
Imagine volunteering with a sea turtle conservation project and experiencing the excitement of watching sea turtle hatchlings emerge from their sandy nests and make...
Trappist Caskets: Sunnycrest at 101
Sunnycrest Manor, the Dubuque County-owned nursing home, officially opened nearly 101 years ago on August 13, 1921 as a tuberculosis sanatorium – a place...
Trappist Caskets: John Deere Comes to Dubuque
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...
Trappist Caskets: Ice Harvesting
A window sign requesting an ice delivery would look pretty strange in the 21st century, but back in the 1800s and early 1900s, the...
Trappist Caskets: Col. Joseph B. Dorr’s Vases
Joseph Bartlett Dorr wasn’t a native Dubuquer, but he is counted among the city’s Civil War heroes. Born in New York on August 5,...
Wells Fargo Advisors: Charitable giving considerations for 2021
If the COVID-19 pandemic’s far-reaching impacts have you looking to enhance your charitable giving, be sure to remember these tax-related considerations for 2021:
Cash gifts....
Trappist Caskets: Irving School Recollections
Dubuque’s Irving School has a long history, dating back to 1866 when the school was known as the “West Dubuque School.” The original school,...
Trappist Caskets: Dubuque’s Shot Tower
Lead mining and smelting attracted more 19th century settlers to the Upper Mississippi River Valley than fur trading or farming. But long before the...
