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02146aam a22004095i 4500 001 F36E85DCFE8511ECB11692B73AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220708011932 008 210824s2021 scu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2021945855 020 $a 1467148504 020 $a 9781467148504 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a Hellert, Susan Miller, $e author. 245 14 $a The Langworthys of Dubuque : $b the key city's first family / $c Susan Miller Hellert. 263 $a 1111 264 1 $a Charleston : $b The History Press, $c 2021. 300 $a 126 pages ; $b : illustrations, portraits ; $c 23 cm. 500 $a In the beginning -- 500 $a The Massey family -- 500 $a Westward ho! -- 500 $a Lead rush -- 500 $a Rough and tough life on a mining frontier -- 500 $a How do we get there from here? -- 500 $a Growth, change and war -- 500 $a Langworthy influence at home and beyond. 520 $a "James, Lucius, Edward and Solon Langworthy arrived in the lead mining district of the Upper Midwest in the 1820s and made a lasting impression on what would become Dubuque. Their father, Dr. Stephen Langworthy, and their seventeen siblings soon joined in the wilderness adventure. Solon plowed the first fields, James built the first Methodist church and Lucius built the first road between Dubuque and Iowa City. Their ancestor James IV fought to secure victory at Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolution, and cousin Hart Massey founded the Massey-Ferguson Company. Julia Langworthy led relief work for the Union soldiers and helped to found a home for orphans. Author Susan M. Hellert details how the Langworthys helped build a city"-- 600 $a Langworthy family. 651 $a Dubuque (Iowa) -- $v Biography. 650 $a Dubuque (Iowa) -- $x History. 651 $a Iowa -- $z Dubuque. 650 $a Frontier and pioneer life -- $z Dubuque. $z Dubuque. 941 $a 2 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201023002.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20221227010404.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F36E85DCFE8511ECB11692B73AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search