Trappist Caskets: How Lustron Homes Lost Their Luster
After World War II ended in August 1945, some 7.6 million U.S. soldiers began coming home from overseas assignments, eager to return to the...
Wells Fargo Advisors: Manage Your Finances as You Near Retirement
As your target retirement date gets closer, what was once an abstract concept may now feel more like a reality. This life event can...
Trappist Caskets: Galena’s Blakely Cannon
Visitors to Galena’s Grant Park have a rare opportunity to view an amazing Blakely cannon – a weapon which ranks as one of the...
Trappist Caskets: Henry Bosse, Mississippi River Cartographer and Photographer
Dubuque’s National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium is noted for its living displays, but did you know that the Dubuque County Historical Society archives...
Trappist Caskets: Mt. Pleasant – Dubuque’s Permanent Home
Dubuque’s Early Public Institutions
Following the end of the Black Hawk War, legal settlements in what would become Iowa began in 1833. Just five years...
Wells Fargo Advisors: The Business of Selling
If you’ve been thinking about selling your business, you should put a solid sales plan in place even if you don’t act on it...
Trappist Caskets: In the Matter of Ralph
Last October, Dubuque citizens along with local and state dignitaries gathered in Linwood Cemetery to dedicate a monument to Ralph Montgomery, a former slave...
Trappist Caskets: The Dubuque Grabber
Author’s note: In September 1967, I headed with two suitcases to Stanford University in the San Francisco Bay area. There I met students from...
Trappist Caskets: Memories of a Non-Jewish Writer
On December 6, 2016, Dubuque lost one of its greatest treasures – author Robert "Bob" Byrne passed away. Most people did not know him...
Wells Fargo Advisors: Dividend-paying Stocks – A Staple for Your Portfolio
No matter your age or your approach to investing, there is one kind of investment that may be considered for your portfolio: dividend-paying stocks....
