Julien’s Dream
by Amy Dunker

Grade 4 | 3:30 | © 2016

Julien Dubuque was Iowa's first permanent white settler as well as its first entrepreneur. Julien Dubuque was born and educated in Quebec, Canada. At the age of 21, he arrived at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, as a fur trader. After learning that Indians were mining lead near Catfish Creek along the Mississippi River, he moved to the area now known as Dubuque, Iowa. After first trapping and trading with the Fox Indians, Dubuque negotiated a treaty with them on September 22, 1788 that allowed him to mine the lead as well as to live on and control a vast tract of land that encompasses the site of the present-day city of Dubuque. In 1808, he was appointed an Indian agent by the U.S. government and authorized to oversee all Indian litigation and disputes. He is recognized as the Founding Father of the city of Dubuque, Iowa.

Julien’s Dream, written for the group Julien Winds (Dubuque, Iowa) is a fanfare commemorating the life and accomplishments of Julien Dubuque.

Recorded in Fall 2019 by the University of Nebraska at Omaha Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Dr. Karen Fannin.