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    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...
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    enters Illinois in Jo Daviess County to flow through the city of Galena before it joins the upper Mississippi River a few miles south and west. The river is...
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    to provide a shipping route between Chicago and the lead mines near Galena, Illinois. The railroad company was chartered on January 16, 1836, but financial...
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  • Galena River may refer to Galena River (Illinois), tributary of the Mississippi River in northwest Illinois Galena River (Indiana), in northern Indiana...
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  • Galena Peak (Idaho), a mountain in Idaho Galena River (Illinois) Galena River (Indiana) Galena Summit, a high mountain pass in central Idaho Galena Township...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • Elkhart River Little Elkhart River Pigeon River Fawn River Galena River, becomes the Galien River in Michigan Trail Creek East Arm Little Calumet River Salt...
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  • River (Illinois) Fox River (Illinois River tributary), northern Illinois Fox River (Little Wabash tributary), southern Illinois Galena River Grand Calumet...
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  • The Galena Territory is a census-designated place in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 1,500 in 2020, an increase from 1,058...
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    village is located on the Little Menominee River near East Dubuque and Galena. The village derives its name from the Menominee indigenous peoples. Menominee...
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    The Galena Historic District is a historic district located in the city of Galena, Illinois, United States. The historic district encompasses 85 percent...
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    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...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grace Episcopal Church (Galena, Illinois). Grace Episcopal Church, also known as Grace Church, is a parish church...
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    The Galena Hotel, originally known as the Fox River House, is a historic hotel in Aurora, Illinois. It is the oldest hotel still standing in the city....
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    Illinois Route 84 (Route 84 or IL 84) is a long state highway that runs along the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois. Illinois 84 runs from south...
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    have lived in Galena, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Galena, Illinois. Edward Dickinson...
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    Illinois militia at Fort Dixon in 1832 during the Black Hawk War. The memorial is located on the west side of Dixon's main north-south street, Galena...
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  • The Galena–Chicago trail was a stagecoach route located in northern Illinois that ran from the mid-to-late 1830s until 1854 (170 years ago) (1854). As...
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  • former CB&Q branch, along the east side of the Galena River, is now a rail trail. "Galena Junction, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United...
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    trailer park. Galena–Chicago trail Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08. Carlson, Rick. Illinois State Highways...
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    northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the fifth-largest gross...
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    and Fox were surprised by a group of four messengers en route from Galena, Illinois. One of the couriers was wounded in the thigh as the riders quickly...
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  • United States. It constructed and operated a narrow gauge line between Galena, Illinois, and near Rewey, Wisconsin, via Platteville, Wisconsin. The railroad...
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    the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU) in 1855. The city was initially established around the first junction of railroad lines in Illinois, and...
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    Illinois, United States. The population was 2,783 at the 2020 census. Savanna is located along the Mississippi River at the mouth of the Plum River....
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    proposed in Illinois. US 20 has been completed as a four lane freeway/expressway combination between Rockford and Freeport as well as Galena and East Dubuque...
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    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...
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    Dubuque, Iowa Galena, Illinois Bellevue, Iowa Savanna, Illinois Sabula, Iowa Fulton, Illinois Clinton, Iowa Cordova, Illinois Port Byron, Illinois LeClaire...
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