PC 7 DUBUQUE-ROOT-0025 - Bird's-eye view from vineyard, Dubuque, Iowa circa 1870.

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PC 7 DUBUQUE-ROOT-0025 - Bird's-eye view from vineyard, Dubuque, Iowa circa 1870.
PC 7 DUBUQUE-ROOT-0025 - Bird's-eye view from vineyard, Dubuque, Iowa circa 1870.

When Dubuque was first settled in the 1830s, the limestone bluffs surrounding the city were covered with groves of timber. As early settlers built homes and harvested lumber to sell to other settlements down the Mississippi River, the bluffs were stripped of their timber. By the late 1840s, with the timber depleted, many families planted small grape vineyards on the bluffs. Like other Midwestern states, Iowa has a long history of wine making.

1 photograph : stereograph, black and white ; 3 3/8 x 7 in.

Gift; Juhl, Paul C. (1944-); 2022

Paul C. Juhl collection, 1860-1935. PC 7. Special Collections, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City.

Taken on: January 1, 1870
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Sets appears in:   • PC 7 Paul C. Juhl collection - Dubuque County, Iowa    • PC 7 Paul C. Juhl collection   
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