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Month: <span>August 2017</span>

Frederick Douglass – Orations in Dubuque

August 20, 2017 John T. Pregler 3d Comments

The years immediately after the end of the American Civil War in 1865, U.S. President Andrew Johnson and the Republican…

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Posted in: African-American, Biography, Civil War, Photography, Politics Filed under: Frederick Douglass, Samuel Root

Wild Elephants in Southwest Wisconsin

August 10, 2017 John T. Pregler Leave a comment

In 1848 the Wisconsin Territory joined the Union of States as Wisconsin – America’s 30th state.  In the first few…

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Posted in: Natural History Filed under: Boaz Mastodon, Dubuque, Edward Daniels, Elephant, Galena, Mastodon, Mineral Point, Sinsinawa

The National Military Encampment at Dubuque – 1884

August 6, 2017 John T. Pregler 74d Comments

In the spring of 1884 Dubuque, Iowa was alive with military splendor as the city played host to the largest…

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Posted in: Dubuque, Military Filed under: 4th U.S. Infantry, Busch Zouaves, C.S. Bentley, Camp Henderson, David B. Henderson, E. Kirby Smith, Fort Dubuque, John Gibbon, Mobile Rifles, National Rifles, Tredway Rifles, William H. Powell

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