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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 ...
The community of Des Allemands is located southeast of the lake on Bayou des Allemands. In 1975, Governor Edwin Edwards declared Des Allemands the "Catfish Capital of the World" and the Louisiana State Legislature named it the "Catfish Capital of the Universe". [6] Each July, Des Allemands hosts the Louisiana Catfish Festival. [7]
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 ...
A catfish basket with french fries and onion rings at Tavern on the Lake May 19, 2024. The restaurant is on the south side of the lake, so the patio faces north and is shaded much of the day.
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 .
The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium is home to museum exhibits on the culture and history of America's rivers. The campus also includes over a dozen aquariums featuring wildlife representative of that found in the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico and other river systems and deltas, including giant catfish, sturgeon, ducks, frogs, turtles, rays, octopodes, river otters, and ...
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.