May 19 Friday – The Minneapolis arrived at Dubuque, Iowa.

We noticed that above Dubuque the water of the Mississippi was olive-green—rich and beautiful and semitransparent, with the sun on it….The majestic bluffs that overlook the river, along through this region, charm one with the grace and variety of their forms, and the soft beauty of their adornment…And it is all as tranquil and reposeful as dreamland, and has nothing this-worldly about it—nothing to hang a fret or a worry upon [Ch 58 LM].

The Muscatine Journal, on page 2, ran an account of Sam’s brief stop there, without opinion or quotes [Budd, “Interviews” 3].