Trappist Caskets: Otto Junkermann – Gentleman Farmer and Wholesale Druggist
Most folks living in the tri-state area are likely familiar with the Mines of Spain, more than 1300 acres of beautiful wooded and prairie...
Trappist Caskets: Dubuque’s Dr. Nancy M. Hill
Before Dr. Nancy Hill began practicing medicine in Dubuque in 1874 as the city’s first female physician and before she helped start an organization...
Trappist Caskets: Julien Dubuque – First Permanent White Settler of Iowa
Julien Dubuque left no journals of his exploits and no diary detailing his day-to-day activities, but we do know some basic facts about his...
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...
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,...
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,...
