Dubuque County
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The Fenelon Place Elevator, a funicular railway, dates from 1893. The Hotel Julien Dubuque (1915) has a Capone Suite, in honor of the Chicago gangster who reportedly used the Julien as a retreat and hideout. The Shot Tower (1856), which made lead shot for shotguns, was abandoned in 1911.
Here, theater is pronounced thee-ATE-er.
In the northeast, on the Big River.
Dubuque the county, Dubuque the seat.
Lots of churches and lots of hills.
An old cable railway, an Al Capone Suite.
Five Flags Theatre, Crystal Lake Cave.
A very tall courthouse, an Eagle Point Park.
The Number Eleven Lock and Dam.
An empty shot tower, a fine Riverwalk.
The Balltown Road, two lanes on a ridge.
Prettiest drive in the entire state.
Breitbach's, been there since Eighteen fifty-two.
Finest buffet that I ever ate.
Field of Dreams, the '89 movie.
Filmed on a farm near Dyersville.
They said if they built it that someone would come,
And the people are coming there still.