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History of the Sacred Heart church and parish in Cox Creek, Iowa.

“The beginning of Sacred Heart Parish is well described in the history of the Archdiocesan schools, “With Faith and Vision.” The authors wrote, “After nearly fifty years of getting to church by fording, by ferrying, and at last by crossing the…

A newspaper clipping from the Loras College student newspaper, the Lorian, regarding the March 5, 1959 blizzard in Dubuque, Iowa. The clipping displays an image of the exterior of a campus building in the snow.

A highly decorated Jesus statue is in the center of the card, covered in jewels and gold with a crown topped by a cross. "S. Bambino of Aracoeli - Rome" is printed at the bottom.

Done in color, the ruins of the mill sit at the base of a hill by the water.

Men and women gather around the ruins of the Hotel Julien. Writing on the photo says that "60-75 lives saved by Clarks Rope Fire Escape, at this fire."

The center of the photograph features a steam locomotive that is coming through a tunnel in a rocky hill in East Dubuque, IL. There is a large, white cloud of steam rising above the front engine. There is a small road to the left of the train and…

A round, jolly St. Nicholas with a red nose is giving a Christmas Greeting to a woman in a striped dress. The woman is holding a jostler stick.