Early Cascade
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McGinty Murder
Biographies
Postcard History
Susan McCraney
Cascade Churches
Cascade Businesses 1896
Cemeteries
Bowen Prairie Cemetery
Obituary Index
Funeral Home Index
Cascade Twp Census
Cascade Twp Plat Maps
Important Addresses

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In 1834 an early settler named Delong arrived in the Cascade area claiming the falls on the Maquoketa River and adjacent land. He later sold the falls and a narrow strip of land to John Sherman and Arthur Thomas who built a flour mill in 1837.

Damage from the flood

The Maquoketa River

Sources of Information
Lyon, Randy W. Faith and Fortunes: An Encyclopedia of Dubuque County. Dubuque, IA: Flynn Printing and Graphics. 1998.
Oldt, Franklin T., ed. History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association. Vol. 1, 1911.