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113:, to build a combined church and school at the community. Two years later, a steamboat had traveled up the White River, but found the river ceased to be navigable above Sugarloaf Prairie. The steamboat's captain was asked to provide a new name for the settlement, and he chose the name Dubuque, as he was from
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117:. A post office under the name of Dubuque opened in 1854. The county sheriff was murdered near Dubuque in 1855, and in 1859 the first lead smelter in the region was established at Dubuque. The community had multiple stores, a blacksmith, two doctors, and a gristmill.
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