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The Rhomberg Brothers Company building. The face of the building is facing 4, possibly 5, train tracks. There is a telegraph pole standing in front of the building and slightly towards the right of the picture. The face of the building also has a…

This is the Byrne Brothers Company Garage. It is on the corner of 9th and Iowa Streets. There are 3 dark cars on the front facing side of the building, which is Iowa Street, with one of the cars driving into the front of the building through an…

A large arched storm drain in the side of a small hill in the center of the photograph made out of concrete, presumably. The hill is covered in rock and long weeds and grass. There is a small amount of water inside of the storm drain. Behind the hill…

The Dubuque Commercial Club building. Was built in 1903, and demolished in 1964. Facing 9th Street and on the corner of Locust Street. Very ornate building with arched doorway. On 9th Street there is a bicycle parked on the street in front of the…

A group of men on the left, in uniform, saluting two other men standing in front of them to the right. Another group of men are standing facing the rest of the group, farther off to the right and holding 5 flags and rifles. In the distance, there…

“Readers need to remember that St. Anthony is the name of a town in Marshall County east of Zearing. St. Anthony is named for two men, Saint and Anthony. The Catholic church in St. Anthony is named for the Sacred Heart of Jesus. While Father Dennis…

“German Catholic settlers moved into western Dubuque County in the 1860s and some made their homes in the town of Worthington. Many went to Dyersville for Mass and the sacraments, and fewer went to Saint Martin’s in Cascade, where instructions were…

“Settlement of Winthrop and the surrounding area began with the coming of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1868. Most Catholic immigrants were Irish. Some came as laborers on the railroad, staying to make a permanent home. Others came to farm the…

“While resident pastor of Ackley from 1870 to 1881, Father Peter O’Dowd covered at least five counties in his missionary work among the scattered Catholic settlers. After visiting the Williams area in Hamilton County to celebrate Mass in their homes…

“Immaculate Conception Parish owes its origin to Father Thomas Hore, a native of the parish of Our Lady’s Island in County Wexford, Ireland. His life would be good material for an interesting saga. Father Hore, born in 1796, completed his theological…