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    The Old Market House, currently being operated as the Galena Welcome Center, is a brick building built in the Greek Revival style in 1845 in Galena, Illinois...
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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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  • NRHP in Georgia Old Market House (Galena, Illinois), listed on the NRHP in Illinois Old Market (Omaha, Nebraska), listed as Old Market Historic District...
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  • Ireland Market House, Newtownards, Northern Ireland Old Market House (Galena, Illinois), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Market House...
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    both markets and products that would need transportation. One particular market that had Chicago leaders' attention was centered in Galena, Illinois, a...
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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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    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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    northeastern Illinois. The Peck house also served as the area's first school and has been restored by the Lombard Historical Society. In 2011, the Peck House was...
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    Illinois (/ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪ/ IL-in-OY) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River...
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    the route in Kansas: Galena, Riverton and Baxter Springs. US 66 covered 292 miles (470 km) in Missouri. Upon entering from Galena, Kansas, the highway...
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    from the state of Illinois include soldiers from "Lysander", the area's common name before incorporation by rail speculators. The Galena and Chicago Union...
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    present-day "Franks". The simple log cabin was used as a station house along the Chicago-Galena mail route between Aurora and Genoa, and would eventually become...
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    settlers from New England joined them in the community. In 1848, they gave the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad three miles (4.8 km) of right-of-way, upon which...
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    Chicago (redirect from Chicago Illinois)
    western United States. Chicago's first railway, Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, and the Illinois and Michigan Canal opened in 1848. The canal allowed...
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  • Museum of Architecture & Design, Quincy Illinois Museum of Natural History, campus of Illinois State University, Old Main building, from 1857-1877 Korean...
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    Illinois 29 is marked as a north–south road, and is called Galena Road north of U.S. 150. Illinois Route 40 (formerly 88) enters Peoria from the north as...
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    counties), with Midway named as its county seat, as it was "halfway between Galena and Chicago on a line of four-horse coaches." In 1837, the village of Midway...
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    Stacy's Tavern (category Historic house museums in Illinois)
    wayside inn. Stagecoach travelers moving between Chicago and Galena, area farmers heading to market in Chicago, and settlers moving westward farther still all...
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    Its corporate offices are located at 550 West Adams Street in Chicago, Illinois. USG's most significant brands include Sheetrock Brand Gypsum Panels, Securock...
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    Fox Valley Mall (category Buildings and structures in Aurora, Illinois)
    Distant view from the Southwest. View of entrance 2 Pace 530 West Galena/Naperville 559 Illinois Route 59 "URW". www.westfieldcorp.com. "Fox Valley Mall in Aurora...
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    construction of a plank road to Sycamore but turned down an offer by the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad to construct a line through the town, which was...
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    Heights, Illinois] (Since torn down) Aurora Lustron Houses, Rosedale Ave in Aurora, IL, at 119, 34, 32, 16 Rosedale Avenue. Bedford Park Lustron House, 7710...
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    Breweries in Illinois produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Brewing...
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  • Arkansas; Joplin, Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri; Miami, Oklahoma; and Galena, Kansas. Their newest chocolate producing facility, the first in 23 years...
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    From St. Louis they then boarded a steamboat for Galena, Illinois. Shortly after arriving in Galena, the settlers from Switzerland were excited to learn...
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    traveled west. Looking for a site on the stagecoach route from Chicago to Galena, Illinois, they eventually settled on a spot where the Fox River could be bridged...
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    Paint Creek), Yellow, Turkey, and Maquoketa rivers In Illinois: the Apple River and the Galena River (a.k.a. the Fever River) Although lying just to the...
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    Nelson Algren (category University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Media alumni)
    uncollected stories, and poems. New York: Seven Stories, 2009. Galena Guide. The City of Galena, Illinois. 1937. Chicago: City on the Make. Prose Poem. 1951. Who...
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  • "Sheriff: 4 dead, including 3 teen girls, in apparent murder-suicide in Galena Park". KHOU. Archived from the original on February 19, 2023. Retrieved...
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    Mississippi River (category Borders of Illinois)
    Dubuque, Iowa Galena, Illinois Bellevue, Iowa Savanna, Illinois Sabula, Iowa Fulton, Illinois Clinton, Iowa Cordova, Illinois Port Byron, Illinois LeClaire...
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