Dubuque
Dubuque was first settled by Polish
immigrants after the end of the Civil War. These immigrants came
from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Immigrants from German-Russian
colonies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Dubuque, Iowa came shortly
afterwards.
The town became official in 1887, twelve
years after a post office was established on February 17, 1879.
As faithful Catholics, the townspeople built the first church
about one mile south of the present St. Catherine Catholic Church
in the early 1870's. The present structure was built in 1901.
There were only a few stores and the
post during the 1920's when Dubuque began losing its people and
its status as a trade center. The only remains of the town are
the church and nearby cemetery.
Sources
Fitzgerald, Daniel. "Ghost
Towns of Kansas." Vol. 3. Daniel Fitzgerald, 1982.
Fitzgerald, Daniel. "Ghost
Towns of Kansas." Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas,
1988.
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