What Will Congress Do for the Improvement of the Mississippi?

Posted Posted in River Improvements 1887, The Mississippi

The Dubuque Daily Herald    Friday December 16, 1887 RIVER COMMERCE. What Will Congress Do for the Improvement of the Mississippi? Dubuque an Important Point in the Commerce of the River. Upon the opening of congress, the question of what the law makers at Washington may do in reference to the improvement of the Mississippi river […]

The Big Advantage That Water Transportation Gives Dubuque

Posted Posted in River Improvements 1887, The Mississippi

Dubuque Daily Herald    Thursday November 24, 1887 THE RIVER. The Big Advantage That Water Transportation Gives Dubuque. It Compels Low Rates——Dubuque the Coming Big Midway City on the Upper River. A Grand Factor in Dubuque’s Commercial and Manufacturing Superiority Over Interior Points. While glorifying over the High bridge which will add so much to Dubuque’s […]