Galena is the largest city in and the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 3,308 at the 2020 census. A 581-acre...

mining communities of Galena, Kansas, Galena, Illinois, and Galena, Alaska take their names from deposits of this mineral. Galena belongs to the octahedral...

State of Illinois. He is credited for serving as the first mayor of the city of Galena in Jo Daviess County. He was a promoter of the Galena and Chicago...

Lake Galena is a reservoir in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, located near Galena. The lake formed following the damming of Smallpox Creek in 1974. Smallpox...

The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU) was a railroad running west from Chicago to Freeport, Illinois, never reaching Galena, Illinois. A later route...

Wisconsin, northwest of Belmont. It enters Illinois in Jo Daviess County to flow through the city of Galena before it joins the upper Mississippi River...

House is the oldest building in Galena, Illinois, United States, now a historic house museum. John Dowling arrived in Galena with his son Nicholas in 1826...

have lived in Galena, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Galena, Illinois. Edward Dickinson...

county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 22,035. Its county seat is Galena. Jo Daviess County is part...

town Galena, Illinois, a city and county seat Galena Historic District Galena, Indiana, a census-designated place Galena, Kansas, a city Galena, Maryland...

Athenaeum is a private museum of architecture and design, based in Galena, Illinois. The museum focuses on the art of design in all areas of the discipline:...

a public cemetery in West Galena Township in the city of Galena, Illinois. It is located one mile west of downtown Galena at the intersection of US 20...

population was 237 at the 2000 census. Galena Township was named after Galena, Illinois, the native home of a share of the early settlers. According to the...

Galena High School is the public secondary school in Galena, Illinois, and is part of Galena Unit School District 120. As of 2019[update], GHS has roughly...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grace Episcopal Church (Galena, Illinois). Grace Episcopal Church, also known as Grace Church, is a parish church...

The Ulysses S. Grant Home in Galena, Illinois is the former home of Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War general and later the 18th president of the United...

newspapers in Maine and studying law, Washburne passed the bar and moved to Galena, Illinois, where he became a partner in a successful law firm. Washburne was...

The Galena Historic District is a historic district located in the city of Galena, Illinois, United States. The historic district encompasses 85 percent...

years of 1850 and 1858. In 1860, the family located themselves in Galena, Illinois, where Ulysses worked as a clerk in a store owned by his brother. With...

John Froelich (November 24, 1849 – May 24, 1933) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, who invented the first stable gasoline-powered tractor with...

ownership and name changes. Originally it had connections between Galena, Illinois and Platteville, Wisconsin, with later additions reaching up to Monfort...

the Fox River Valley and a probable stop for Galena, Illinois stagecoaches on their way to Rockford, Illinois. Stacy's Tavern, now a historical monument...

Collins and opened another leather goods store, on Main Street, in Galena, Illinois, with the hope of establishing his three sons in the business so he...

Diocese of Rockford. The church is located in Galena, Illinois, United States, at 227 South Bench Street in Galena. The parish is named after the Archangel...

Red Stripe was first produced in the early 1930s by Kyle Todd in Galena, Illinois, US. The company sold the recipe to British investors after facing...

Canal, among other projects. As a supervisor of government projects in Galena, Illinois, he befriended Ulysses S. Grant, forming a strong and collegial relationship...

studying law, Rawlins passed the bar in 1854 and started a practice in Galena, Illinois. He was a Douglas Democrat at the outbreak of the Civil War; a noted...

The Galena Territory is a census-designated place in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 1,058 as of the 2010 census. The territory...

the Galena Welcome Center, is a brick building built in the Greek Revival style in 1845 in Galena, Illinois. It is owned and operated by the Illinois Historic...

devastated by the Panic of 1857. In 1859, the family moved again, to Galena, Illinois, where Grant had a job as a clerk in his father's leather shop. He...