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- When White Americans settled what would become Iowa, a settlement in the area where he had mined was named after him. It was known by several names, including DuBuque's Mines. Eventually, it became the first city in Iowa, and was named simply Dubuque in his honor.
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Dubuque's resting place and memorial lie on a cliff facing the Mississippi river at the Julien Dubuque Monument in the Mines of Spain State Recreation Area and E. B. Lyons Nature Center. Facial reconstruction
In 1796, eight years after Julien Dubuque became the first European settler to set up shop on Iowa soil, a Spanish governor all the way down the Mississippi River in New Orleans, approved a grant to work this land and its multitude of mineral deposits.
The Mines of Spain Recreation Area and E.B. Lyons Interpretive and Nature Center are located on 1437 acres of beautiful wooded and prairie land just south of Dubuque, IA. The area has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and includes Julien Dubuque’s Monument at a point just above where Catfish Creek meets the Mississippi.
It also includes archaeological sites of national importance as an early lead mining and smelting venture led by French explorer Julien Dubuque, as well as Dubuque's gravesite. These sites were collectively designated a National Historic Landmark District as Julien Dubuque's Mines.
The Julien Dubuque Monument, honoring the area’s first European settler, sits high above the Mississippi River and serves as a landmark for the Mines of Spain area. This state recreation area provides amp.
Jun 18, 2024 · Today, the area where Julien Dubuque first set foot on Iowan soil, becoming the first European to do so, has been turned into a beautiful historic park, called the Mines of Spain Recreation Area. Google Local / Mike Schmidt.
Sep 22, 2024 · Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On September 22, 1788, Julien Dubuque signed an agreement with the Meskwaki to mine lead on lands along the Mississippi River. Considered the first person of European descent to settle within the future bounds of Iowa upon his arrival in 1788, the French-Canadian miner resonates in the state’s memory through the eastern ...
