The Langworthys of Dubuque: The Key City's First Family

by Susan Miller Hellert

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467148504
• ISBN13: 9781467148504
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"