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Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IA-23, "Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 11, Upper Mississippi River, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA", 50 photos, 16 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
The Celebration Belle at Dubuque, Iowa during the 2004 Grand Excursion. The Celebration Belle is a riverboat on the Mississippi River. [1] This boat normally serves the Quad Cities region as a passenger excursion boat. Originally, the boat was named the Mississippi Belle and was based in Dubuque, Iowa.
The Little Maquoketa River is a 29.6-mile-long (47.6 km) [1] direct tributary of the upper Mississippi River. The Little Maquoketa River is largely confined to Dubuque County, Iowa, and enters the Mississippi in the rural areas north of Dubuque. It may have previously flowed through the Couler Valley. [2]
HAER No. IA-23, "Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 11, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA", 50 photos, 16 data pages, 3 photo caption pages HAER No. IA-24, " Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 12, Bellevue, Jackson County, IA ", 23 photos, 14 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
Eagle Point Park is a 164-acre (0.66 km 2) public park [1] located in the northeast corner of the city of Dubuque, Iowa, United States. Eagle Point is mostly situated on a bluff that overlooks the Mississippi River and the Lock and Dam No. 11. [3] The park is owned and operated by the city of Dubuque.
Nine-Mile Island is situated within Pool 12 of the Upper Mississippi River, between Locks and Dams Nos. 11 and 12. The head (northwestern end) of the island is at UMR river mile 574.3, with the southeastern end at mile 571.5. It is about 2 miles long and .5 mile at its widest point, with a total area of 454 acres. [2]
The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium is a museum located in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. The museum is a property of the Dubuque County Historical Society, [1] which also operates the Mathias Ham Historic Site. The museum has two buildings on its riverfront campus: the Mississippi River Center and the National River Center. [2]
The area of the Mississippi River basin was first settled by hunting and gathering Native American peoples and is considered one of the few independent centers of plant domestication in human history. [80] Evidence of early cultivation of sunflower, a goosefoot, a marsh elder and an indigenous squash dates to the 4th millennium BC.