Chaplain Schmitt Island
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Chaplain Schmitt Island, also known as City Island or Ham Island, is a river island of the Mississippi River in Dubuque, Iowa. It is separated from mainland Iowa by Lake Peosta Channel. The Q Casino a
The Mississippi as it passes through Dubuque. Chaplain Schmitt Island is visible to the right of the image
Mathias Ham House
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The Mathias Ham House is a 19th-century house in Dubuque, Iowa, that is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at the intersection of Shiras and Lincoln Avenues, near the entrances
Chaplain Schmitt Island
…island. Chaplain Schmitt Island was named after Aloysius Schmitt, who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ham Island (among variants) comes from Mathias Ham's ownership of the island. In 1875, the island was two spits of land in the Mississippi. Mathias Ham would come to own most of the island, becoming…
Mathias Ham House January 2012