On one of our many trips to Dubuque, Iowa
this picture was captured.
1965
The
Julien Dubuque Monument stands on the edge of the bluff above Catfish Creek in
the Mines of Spain Recreation Area.
Julien Dubuque married Potosa, daughter of Peosta, the chief of the Mesquakie Indians. Dubuque died in March of 1810 and when he died the Mesquakie buried him with tribal honors beneath a log mausoleum at the site of the current monument. The Julien Dubuque monument was built in 1897 and sits high above the Mississippi River. It overlooks the Mines of Spain property in the town that would eventually bear his name.
The information above was gleaned from the City of Dubuque website:
http://www.cityofdubuque.org/index.aspx?NID=706
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