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| | Emigration of the Jaegers |
 | | Dubuque was a frontier boon town that helped satisfy the demand of those traveling west for lumber, supplies, tools, ammunition, lead shot, food, cigars, beer, and whiskey. |
 | | When he came to Dubuque in 1846, it was a frontier town populated by about 3500 miners, farmers, brick makers, merchants, lawyers, and Soldiers who were laying the foundation of a new city and state. |
 | | He returned to Dubuque and was working as a sawyer in 1880, i.e., he cut logs and lumber in a lumber yard, one of the thriving industries in Dubuque at that time. |
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