Excellent telling of Julien Dubuque's story. His monument and the surrounding Mines of Spain recreation area are a testament to his and the indigenous peoples' legacy.
Thanks very much for watching and for the kind words! Thanks for commenting as well! Indeed, the Mines of Spain area is a fantastic place to explore the history and prehistory of early Dubuque.
What a great video. Thank you for this! I visited Julien Dubuque's monument today on my trip along the Mississippi river. I'm a Quebecois from Canada myself and never heard the story of Julien Dubuque. They don't teach it to us back home in high school. No one talks about this at all. This is truly an amazing story and the monument is such an honor. Respect!
Thank you for watching and for the kind words and support! We very much appreciate it! We fully agree that this is quite a story - which is one of the reasons that we wanted to investigate and explore it, looking at all of the contemporary sources that we could find. Our sense is that most Americans do not realize how close we came to being a French speaking nation, how the power struggles between the English and French were at such a delicate tipping point - and how people like Dubuque paved the way for so many who came after. Thanks again!
Watched 20 minutes. Bookmarking for later. Thank you for this video. Fills me with a strange feeling =, hearing so much history from 100s of years before me, on land I have walked and seen. To think of all the people who have seen the same view I have.
Thanks for watching and commenting! Hopefully, you'll enjoy the second half of the video as well. We felt it to be an interesting story, from start to finish, and attempted to convey that to our audience. Thanks again!
Thank you for this professionally researched video on the life and times of Julien Dubuque! I found the video interesting and informative. I appreciate all the work that both of you do to produce these videos.
Very glad that you enjoyed the video! Thank you for the continuing support for our channel - and for the appreciation of the work that goes into these videos! We very much appreciate you appreciating our work! Thanks too for watching and commenting!
Great story telling with a history lesson to boot. Very well done! I have watched all of your videos and you guys get better with every release. I'm a fellow cyclist and I love railroad history so I can't wait for warmer weather and another CGW video to drop. Thanks for all your hard work.
Thanks very much for watching and commenting! We've actually filmed all of the series at this point, and so now it's a matter of completing the research, writing, and editing each segment - while also doing likewise for a few other topics that we have in the till. Hope that you stay tuned - as we've got quite a few more CGW segments to go before Oelwein! Thanks again!
This story that you have presented here is deeply educational. Each new story of the CGW gets better, topping those previously aired. I have visited the wonderful waterfront history museum and the Ham House. While at the latter, I do not recall any docent mentioning residence of bones having been kept there. That may remain a sensitive subject locally. Also delighted to see more subscribers and other's good comments.
Thanks for watching and supporting our channel - and for the thoughtful comment! Yes, given how long it has been since the Ham House repatriated the remains (about 50 years), it probably doesn't merit discussing these days. Perhaps making mention of it also highlights how long these human remains were put on display prior to their good actions in the 1970s.
Outstanding and engaging video! I hike the Mines of Spain quite often and now it will come alive in a new way after watching this. I really do enjoy your videos, and I look forward to the next chapter of the CGW disused stations.
Very glad that you enjoyed the video - and thank you for the kind words! It is a beautiful and interesting place to hike. The canyons to the south of the monument are absolutely stunning. Thanks again for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated!
From my experience of your Chicago Great Wetsern videos, I came into this video with high expectations. I am happy to report that it lived up to them. This is an excellent telling of Julien Dubuque's story. Over the 50+ years I have been in Dubuque, I have heard most of the story you shared. But I also learned a few new facts as well. Obviously, there are some gaps that, barring an unexpected discovery of documents, we will never know. Thanks for the efforts you put into making this video. I will be sharing it on my Facebook page for others to see. PS, looking forward to the next leg on the CGW journey.
Thanks for watching and the thoughtful comment! It is very kind of you. We also appreciate your ongoing support of our channel. Yes, we expect that for many people such as yourself, you would have heard these stories many times before. Glad to hear that a few new items came to light from the video. We found it especially interesting that these lead mines were well known by the French long before Dubuque's arrival, which opens the possibility that Dubuque came to the area specifically to exploit the resource - and that his immediate problem was with gaining access to them. Another item that we didn't emphasize in the video, although we hint at it, is that Dubuque may have gotten far better of the deal with Chouteau than previous historians have recognized. First, he got a better selling price for the smaller portion from Chouteau than the primary portion sold for after his death. Second, with France's sell off of the Lousiana Purchase to the US - this once again threw Dubuque's Mines of Spain into uncertainty. Dubuque could have asked for Chouteau's (and other friends) help in getting his claims recognized - and perhaps Chouteau would have helped to some degree ... but by bringing him in as a minority partner in the Mines of Spain, for a tidy sum of money, Chouteau was then extremely motivated to get Dubuque's claims recognized by the US - and he did exactly that, within months of the land purchase. Whether this was done openly or not, we will never know. But this interpretation sheds a very different light on that land sale and the Dubuque-Chouteau relationship. Thanks again! Fear not, more CGW videos are in the works!
Visited this place in the early '80's, while a student at Wartburg Seminary, which is just further up the creek. I used to hike the railroad tracks down to the Mississippi, to get away from the grind. It was a valued area for contemplative time.
Thanks for watching the video and for sharing your experiences with the Mines of Spain area. Indeed, it is a wonderful natural preserve today - the quiet canyons alone are worth a visit, plus all of the trails and vistas of the river. Great place to visit! Thanks again!
Born and raised and still live in Dubuque County. I never expected to see this. I have a Mines of Spain tattoo on my shoulder in homage to the hundreds of hours friends and I spent out there exploring through our teen years. Thank you for this!
It is a wonderful place to visit and explore. The canyons to the south of the Julien Dubuque monument are absolutely stunning. Would recommend to anyone interested in Nature, prehistory, or history, as there is much to see and experience there. Glad that you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences with the Mines of Spain!
An informative history lesson is the only legitimate use of Artificial Intelligence that i personally consider acceptible. It can fill in parts of the story. Well done on the research and telling. We must not forget our past, even, if people think that they can cancel, or erase people from society😢
Glad that you see the positive use for AI in our videos. As you said, many/most historic events had documented images or even illustrations. If attempting to tell those stories, one must either find images that are of similar vintage and circumstances, or use original drawings or illustrations, whether human made or AI generated. The AI illustrations are extremely useful - but they must be used with care - always labeled as such - and checked for general accuracy. Details will always be off or incorrect - but the general image should be roughly right to the time period and the tenor of the story. Thanks again for the comment!
Glad to hear that you found the video informative! It is indeed an interesting story of the very early days of European settlement of the eastern Iowa - and the good relations that he had with the Meskwaki, Kickapoo, and Fox peoples. Thanks again!
He's an ancestor of mine, I'm going to college next year in history studies because of him! Thankyou for this vidéo he'S starting to get the recognition he deserve.
Very glad that you enjoyed the video and found it informative! He was indeed a fascinating person. Good luck in your academic career and hope that his life continues to inspire you!
That’s so awesome he has inspired you! I live less than 1.5 miles from the Mines of Spain and hike there frequently. My parents always talk about when they were approached by an ancestor of his while on a road trip in Colorado. Iowa has the county name on all license plates and they noticed my parent’s plate was from Dubuque.
With all of the climate catastrophes on hand it is nice to know that history is still recorded and stored somewhere safe (hearts and minds whom are witnesses to your research, and hard work, on this documentary)
Many people died from lead toxicity because it was used in hunting weapons, canned food and tin ware was repaired with lead, and the lead shot in the birds they hunted and ate. Exposure to lead can effect DNA and immune response. This is probably direct impact to life expectancy rates at this period, and would not have effected someone whom did not use a gun to hunt or eat from tin cans, or use tinware to eat and drink from.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment! Indeed, lead poisoning was much more common - just a few generations ago - with lead based paint being so ubiquitous. Very glad that we've become much more knowledgeable and careful with these materials. Thanks again!
Josette Montoya is said to be his wife, she went to prarrie du chein after and married but died young I think. Your relying on older sources, more has been discovered such as letter from a friend mentioning "madam" dubuque. Great to see you survived the deep freeze
Thanks for watching and commenting! That's interesting. Can you share your sources on that information? We were aware of the single reference to "Madame Dubuque" in a personal letter, which was made by a friend. However, that didn't seem particularly convincing. More convincing would be multiple references in personal letters, a marriage record, or references to a spouse in legal papers. Perhaps someone found something along those lines - and it would be interesting to see that. Thanks again!
The property could very well have been deeded to DuBuque by his Father-in-law, following the union ti the daughter in subsequent years after. The land should have been given to the Native Americans/Dubuque relatives, whom were the relations of his and the Chief's. A first ownership of and the mining of collectively preceding any settler 9r miners rights.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! And thanks too for sharing your views on the entangled ownership of the Dubuque and Meskwaki lands.
Thanks for commenting! Indeed, the world might look quite different had the French succeeded in maintaining control of the Mississippi River valley. Many place names still linger - and Chicago may have been DuSable, as you say.
Probably a great video essay except that it looks like you’re using generative AI images. Generative AI is trained on stolen art by real artists who are not compensated and who did not give consent for their use.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! He's often only briefly discussed in most histories - leading a most interesting life - which is why we felt the need to investigate him further.
Excellent telling of Julien Dubuque's story. His monument and the surrounding Mines of Spain recreation area are a testament to his and the indigenous peoples' legacy.
Thanks very much for watching and for the kind words! Thanks for commenting as well! Indeed, the Mines of Spain area is a fantastic place to explore the history and prehistory of early Dubuque.
What a great video. Thank you for this! I visited Julien Dubuque's monument today on my trip along the Mississippi river. I'm a Quebecois from Canada myself and never heard the story of Julien Dubuque. They don't teach it to us back home in high school. No one talks about this at all. This is truly an amazing story and the monument is such an honor. Respect!
Thank you for watching and for the kind words and support! We very much appreciate it! We fully agree that this is quite a story - which is one of the reasons that we wanted to investigate and explore it, looking at all of the contemporary sources that we could find. Our sense is that most Americans do not realize how close we came to being a French speaking nation, how the power struggles between the English and French were at such a delicate tipping point - and how people like Dubuque paved the way for so many who came after. Thanks again!
Watched 20 minutes. Bookmarking for later. Thank you for this video. Fills me with a strange feeling =, hearing so much history from 100s of years before me, on land I have walked and seen. To think of all the people who have seen the same view I have.
Thanks for watching and commenting! Hopefully, you'll enjoy the second half of the video as well. We felt it to be an interesting story, from start to finish, and attempted to convey that to our audience. Thanks again!
Thanks for everything 💖
You are very welcome! And thanks to you for watching our videos and supporting our channel!
Thank you for this professionally researched video on the life and times of Julien Dubuque! I found the video interesting and informative. I appreciate all the work that both of you do to produce these videos.
Very glad that you enjoyed the video! Thank you for the continuing support for our channel - and for the appreciation of the work that goes into these videos! We very much appreciate you appreciating our work! Thanks too for watching and commenting!
Great story telling with a history lesson to boot. Very well done! I have watched all of your videos and you guys get better with every release. I'm a fellow cyclist and I love railroad history so I can't wait for warmer weather and another CGW video to drop. Thanks for all your hard work.
Thanks very much for watching and commenting! We've actually filmed all of the series at this point, and so now it's a matter of completing the research, writing, and editing each segment - while also doing likewise for a few other topics that we have in the till. Hope that you stay tuned - as we've got quite a few more CGW segments to go before Oelwein! Thanks again!
This story that you have presented here is deeply educational. Each new story of the CGW gets better, topping those previously aired.
I have visited the wonderful waterfront history museum and the Ham House. While at the latter, I do not recall any docent mentioning residence of bones having been kept there. That may remain a sensitive subject locally.
Also delighted to see more subscribers and other's good comments.
Thanks for watching and supporting our channel - and for the thoughtful comment! Yes, given how long it has been since the Ham House repatriated the remains (about 50 years), it probably doesn't merit discussing these days. Perhaps making mention of it also highlights how long these human remains were put on display prior to their good actions in the 1970s.
Outstanding and engaging video! I hike the Mines of Spain quite often and now it will come alive in a new way after watching this. I really do enjoy your videos, and I look forward to the next chapter of the CGW disused stations.
Very glad that you enjoyed the video - and thank you for the kind words! It is a beautiful and interesting place to hike. The canyons to the south of the monument are absolutely stunning. Thanks again for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated!
From my experience of your Chicago Great Wetsern videos, I came into this video with high expectations. I am happy to report that it lived up to them.
This is an excellent telling of Julien Dubuque's story. Over the 50+ years I have been in Dubuque, I have heard most of the story you shared. But I also learned a few new facts as well. Obviously, there are some gaps that, barring an unexpected discovery of documents, we will never know.
Thanks for the efforts you put into making this video. I will be sharing it on my Facebook page for others to see.
PS, looking forward to the next leg on the CGW journey.
Thanks for watching and the thoughtful comment! It is very kind of you. We also appreciate your ongoing support of our channel. Yes, we expect that for many people such as yourself, you would have heard these stories many times before. Glad to hear that a few new items came to light from the video. We found it especially interesting that these lead mines were well known by the French long before Dubuque's arrival, which opens the possibility that Dubuque came to the area specifically to exploit the resource - and that his immediate problem was with gaining access to them. Another item that we didn't emphasize in the video, although we hint at it, is that Dubuque may have gotten far better of the deal with Chouteau than previous historians have recognized. First, he got a better selling price for the smaller portion from Chouteau than the primary portion sold for after his death. Second, with France's sell off of the Lousiana Purchase to the US - this once again threw Dubuque's Mines of Spain into uncertainty. Dubuque could have asked for Chouteau's (and other friends) help in getting his claims recognized - and perhaps Chouteau would have helped to some degree ... but by bringing him in as a minority partner in the Mines of Spain, for a tidy sum of money, Chouteau was then extremely motivated to get Dubuque's claims recognized by the US - and he did exactly that, within months of the land purchase. Whether this was done openly or not, we will never know. But this interpretation sheds a very different light on that land sale and the Dubuque-Chouteau relationship. Thanks again! Fear not, more CGW videos are in the works!
Visited this place in the early '80's, while a student at Wartburg Seminary, which is just further up the creek. I used to hike the railroad tracks down to the Mississippi, to get away from the grind. It was a valued area for contemplative time.
Thanks for watching the video and for sharing your experiences with the Mines of Spain area. Indeed, it is a wonderful natural preserve today - the quiet canyons alone are worth a visit, plus all of the trails and vistas of the river. Great place to visit! Thanks again!
Born and raised and still live in Dubuque County. I never expected to see this. I have a Mines of Spain tattoo on my shoulder in homage to the hundreds of hours friends and I spent out there exploring through our teen years. Thank you for this!
It is a wonderful place to visit and explore. The canyons to the south of the Julien Dubuque monument are absolutely stunning. Would recommend to anyone interested in Nature, prehistory, or history, as there is much to see and experience there. Glad that you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences with the Mines of Spain!
Another amazing video, great job and well researched thank you for taking on this topic.
Very glad that you enjoyed it and found it informative! Thank you for watching and for supporting our channel!
Fascinating; thanks for posting. Well done! I'll never look at Dubuque, Iowa, the same way. (God bless Texas! And all Texans.)
Glad that you found the video informative! Thank you for commenting!
Dubuque is my home town. I learned so much I didn’t know! Thank you.
Very glad that you enjoyed the video and found it informative! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment! We appreciate the support!
Interesting and very well done like all your videos.
Thanks very much for the kind words and for watching the video! Much appreciated!
Ah, very good. I much enjoyed the content of this. Good work!
Very glad that you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching and commenting!
An informative history lesson is the only legitimate use of Artificial Intelligence that i personally consider acceptible. It can fill in parts of the story. Well done on the research and telling. We must not forget our past, even, if people think that they can cancel, or erase people from society😢
Think about the killers of the flower moon history. Many are just now hearing for the first time.
Glad that you see the positive use for AI in our videos. As you said, many/most historic events had documented images or even illustrations. If attempting to tell those stories, one must either find images that are of similar vintage and circumstances, or use original drawings or illustrations, whether human made or AI generated. The AI illustrations are extremely useful - but they must be used with care - always labeled as such - and checked for general accuracy. Details will always be off or incorrect - but the general image should be roughly right to the time period and the tenor of the story. Thanks again for the comment!
I have never heard this story before.
Glad to hear that you found the video informative! It is indeed an interesting story of the very early days of European settlement of the eastern Iowa - and the good relations that he had with the Meskwaki, Kickapoo, and Fox peoples. Thanks again!
He's an ancestor of mine, I'm going to college next year in history studies because of him! Thankyou for this vidéo he'S starting to get the recognition he deserve.
Very glad that you enjoyed the video and found it informative! He was indeed a fascinating person. Good luck in your academic career and hope that his life continues to inspire you!
That’s so awesome he has inspired you! I live less than 1.5 miles from the Mines of Spain and hike there frequently. My parents always talk about when they were approached by an ancestor of his while on a road trip in Colorado. Iowa has the county name on all license plates and they noticed my parent’s plate was from Dubuque.
So which of his children did you descend? If you watch the video, you’d learn he had no documented children. Nice try.
@@blueboy5699 The ancestor from who I descend was Julien Dubuque's brother.
Thank you for an interesting, engaging, and very nicely produced video!
Glad that you enjoyed the video and found it of interest! Thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment!
This reminds me of Joseph telling his family to take his bones with them when Israel left Egypt. He wanted to be taken back to the promised land.
I was surprised this came up on my RUclips options. But having lived in Dubuque since I got married 40 years ago, I watched it. Very interesting.
Thanks for watching the Julien Dubuque video and for taking the time to comment! Very glad that you found it informative!
Another very well put together episode, thanks for your efforts
Very glad that you enjoyed it! Thanks for the kind words and for the support!
With all of the climate catastrophes on hand it is nice to know that history is still recorded and stored somewhere safe (hearts and minds whom are witnesses to your research, and hard work, on this documentary)
Thanks for the comment!
Many people died from lead toxicity because it was used in hunting weapons, canned food and tin ware was repaired with lead, and the lead shot in the birds they hunted and ate. Exposure to lead can effect DNA and immune response. This is probably direct impact to life expectancy rates at this period, and would not have effected someone whom did not use a gun to hunt or eat from tin cans, or use tinware to eat and drink from.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment! Indeed, lead poisoning was much more common - just a few generations ago - with lead based paint being so ubiquitous. Very glad that we've become much more knowledgeable and careful with these materials. Thanks again!
What somebody did a biography on Julian Dubuque that is awesome
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Josette Montoya is said to be his wife, she went to prarrie du chein after and married but died young I think. Your relying on older sources, more has been discovered such as letter from a friend mentioning "madam" dubuque. Great to see you survived the deep freeze
Thanks for watching and commenting! That's interesting. Can you share your sources on that information? We were aware of the single reference to "Madame Dubuque" in a personal letter, which was made by a friend. However, that didn't seem particularly convincing. More convincing would be multiple references in personal letters, a marriage record, or references to a spouse in legal papers. Perhaps someone found something along those lines - and it would be interesting to see that. Thanks again!
I’m from Dubuque
Thanks for watching!
The property could very well have been deeded to DuBuque by his Father-in-law, following the union ti the daughter in subsequent years after.
The land should have been given to the Native Americans/Dubuque relatives, whom were the relations of his and the Chief's.
A first ownership of and the mining of collectively preceding any settler 9r miners rights.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! And thanks too for sharing your views on the entangled ownership of the Dubuque and Meskwaki lands.
@@BeHistoric
I'm enjoying your work and Production Quality. You guys do a fine Narrative and detail.
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Chicago could have been called DuSable
Thanks for commenting! Indeed, the world might look quite different had the French succeeded in maintaining control of the Mississippi River valley. Many place names still linger - and Chicago may have been DuSable, as you say.
Probably a great video essay except that it looks like you’re using generative AI images. Generative AI is trained on stolen art by real artists who are not compensated and who did not give consent for their use.
Briefly remembered this guy in American 🇺🇸 history ☺️
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! He's often only briefly discussed in most histories - leading a most interesting life - which is why we felt the need to investigate him further.