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Catfish Creek is a 21.2-mile-long (34.1 km) [1] tributary of the upper Mississippi River in Dubuque County, Iowa. The governments within the watershed have a say in the managing body of the creek, the Catfish Creek Watershed Management Authority. The authority's goal is to promote education on managing the system and fixing issues like the ...
Julien Dubuque entered an agreement with the Meskwaki in 1788 to mine lead. He is believed to be the first European to settle on what is now Iowa. [5] The Governor of New Spain gave Dubuque a grant to work Spanish-owned land, naming the 1,380-acre (560 ha) area The Mines of Spain. Dubuque developed a trading post near the Meskawki village ...
The Swiss Valley is found about 3–4 miles (4.8–6.4 km) from Dubuque, Iowa. [2] [3] In it is a branch of the Catfish Creek, known as the Swiss Valley Creek, [3] that flows through. [1] [3] A tributary of the Swiss Valley Creek, known as Monastery Creek, is reserved for trout fingerlings. [3]
The Little Maquoketa River Mounds State Preserve is a state-owned archaeological site and natural area located within the city of Sageville, Iowa, just north of Dubuque, on U.S. Highway 52. It is high up on a limestone ridge above the Little Maquoketa River, [1] not too far from the river's mouth with the Upper Mississippi River.
Location of Dubuque County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dubuque County, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
The following is a list of rivers and creeks in Iowa. The rivers are listed by multiple arrangements: those that form part of the boundaries of the U.S. state of Iowa ;
Rockdale, Iowa was a small unincorporated village formerly located just south of Dubuque, Iowa [1] between Dubuque and Key West, Iowa. The village was situated on the Catfish Creek in Dubuque County, Iowa, and was the site of one of the first mills in the state of Iowa. In 1834 or 1835 David Hutton and his son built a mill built of logs.
Turkey River Mounds State Preserve is a historic site located near the unincorporated community of Millville, Iowa, United States. The 62-acre (25 ha) preserve contains thirty-eight of forty-three Native American mounds located on a narrow Paleozoic Plateau at the confluence of the Mississippi and Turkey rivers. [ 3 ]