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Julien Dubuque Monument Marks First Iowa Settler
Julien Dubuque arrived in northeast Iowa about 1788 and mined lead with Meskwaki allies. He died 1810 and was buried atop a bluff overlooking the Mississippi. A monument at the Mines of Spain Recreation Area near Dubuque was dedicated in 1897, protecting Dubuque Potosa and other graves, as the Mines of Spain area grew into a National Historic Landmark protected by the Iowa Conservation Commission.
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Iowa
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Little Fox Village
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Milwaukee Sentinel
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Diane Fannon-Langton
Early Settlers’ Association
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