<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for An Iowa river town develops a real relationship with the Mississippi]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Melody http://www.grist.org/article/dubuque/ Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:47:09 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/dubuque/1 Have you seen Dubuque

I really appreciate your coverage of Dubuque.  It is indeed a beautiful town.  However, your topography and history leave something to be desired.  It is almost as if you called in the report from somewhere else.  From the east you are in Illinois not Iowa.  The area is not flat but is quite lovely hills.  Dubuque was not founded in the late 1800's but in the late 1700's.  But, readers, please do not allow these simple errors to deter you from visiting Dubuque the waterfront is one of the best places to understand the Mississippi.  I hope to see you there soon.

]]> Have you seen Dubuque

I really appreciate your coverage of Dubuque.  It is indeed a beautiful town.  However, your topography and history leave something to be desired.  It is almost as if you called in the report from somewhere else.  From the east you are in Illinois not Iowa.  The area is not flat but is quite lovely hills.  Dubuque was not founded in the late 1800's but in the late 1700's.  But, readers, please do not allow these simple errors to deter you from visiting Dubuque the waterfront is one of the best places to understand the Mississippi.  I hope to see you there soon.

]]> Comment #2 by Katharine Wroth http://www.grist.org/article/dubuque/ Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:40:05 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/dubuque/2 Thanks for the catch

Yep, Julien Dubuque would have been surprised by our revisionist history -- the "late 1800s" was a slip of the keyboard. As for the hilliness ... that's exactly the surprise referred to in the opening paragraph. A different Iowa than you might expect.

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Yep, Julien Dubuque would have been surprised by our revisionist history -- the "late 1800s" was a slip of the keyboard. As for the hilliness ... that's exactly the surprise referred to in the opening paragraph. A different Iowa than you might expect.

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