The Dubuque Shot Tower

In this video, we investigate the Dubuque Shot Tower, also known as the George W Rogers Shot Tower, located within a stone's throw of the Mississippi River, in Dubuque, Iowa. We will explore the tower's origins, early history, role in the Civil War, changing ownership, multiple fires, neglect and decay, and recent restorations.

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IMAGE CREDITS
- National Register of Historic Places, www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm
- Bing Image Creator
- NASA - Luis Calcada & Martin Kornmesser
- www.ebay.com
- US Library of Congress, www.loc.gov (Jack Boucher, Kurz & Allison)
- www.archive.org (Ballou's Pictorial, Henry Lewis, James Cox - Notable St Louisans in 1900, William Cullen Bryant, 1880 History of Dubuque - Western Historical Company)
- Northern Illinois University, digital.niu.edu
- Wisconsin Historical Society, www.wisconsinhistory.org
- University of Michigan Library
- www.findagrave.com (Cheryl Locher Moonen, Matt Mulherin, P J Horn, Joelle Colville-Hanson)
- Dubuque Express & Herald, National Register of Historic Places
- www.newspapers.com (Daily Constitutionalist, New Oregon Plain Dealer, Evening Times Republican, Des Moines Register, Quad City Times)
- www.wikipedia.com (Harper's Weekly, Currier & Ives, William Ridgway, Frank Vizetelly
- State Historical Society of Iowa
- Tennessee Virtual Archive
- digitalcommonwealth.org
- nps.gov
- Missouri History Museum
- David Rumsey Collection, www.davidrumsey.com
- Loras College Digital Archives
- Historic Dubuque Directories, www.familysearch.org
- Illinois Digital Newspapers, idnc.library.illinois.edu (Galena Daily Gazette)
- Encyclopedia Dubuque, www.encyclopediadubuque.org (Randy Lyon)
- Historic American Buildings Survey
- Telegraph Herald, NHRP
- John L Ostberg
- James Jacobsen, NRHP
- www.flickr.com (Larry Fiehn, Todd Hein)
- City of Dubuque, www.cityofdubuque.org/712/Shot-Tower
- Connie Cherba, Julien's Journal, juliensjournal.com

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- R08-70 Building on Fire (483313) by craigsmith, CC0, FS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Many thanks to the National Register of Historic Places, under the auspices of the National Park Service for providing much of the information in this video.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:56 Sources
00:01:21 Tower Origins
00:04:23 Design & Construction
00:06:04 Operation
00:08:17 Changing Ownership
00:13:50 Lumberyards
00:17:11 Abandonment & Decay
00:18:17 Restoration
00:20:38 Closing

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