“The first annual Tour of Galena will be held June 11-12 by xXx Racing-AthletiCo. The group is a Chicago-based cycling team that competes in a variety of disciplines, including road, track, mountain bike and cyclocross. Recently, USA Cycling named xXx Racing-AthletiCo the 2010 Division 1 Club of the Year. The Tour of Galena will consist [...]
4th of July at Eagle Ridge
“Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa, located 2.5 hours from downtown Chicago, is celebrating the Fourth of July holiday weekend by welcoming the Big Hat Rodeo Company to the Shenandoah Riding Center on property for the 30th Annual Star-Spangled Pro Rodeo, July 2-3, 2011. This family event is set in the scenic hills of The Galena [...]
25 Million Watch Live Video of Bald Eagle Family
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Grant and Lee were polar opposites
As a New York City student in pre-World War II days, I walked past the Ulysses S. Grant memorial each day on Riverside Drive. Built in 1897 to honor the hero of the Union Army in the Civil War and our 18th president, it stands imposing overlooking the Hudson River as heavy traffic divides around [...]
War nears end with Overland Campaign
January 1864 marked the expiration of the term of enlistment for William Ferguson Leslie of the Ligonier Valley and the rest of the original three-year enlistees of the 11th Regiment of Pennsylvania.Out of patriotism and devotion – as well as a generous bonus – more than three-fourths of the men re-enlisted as veteran volunteers. This [...]
Independence Day at the Fort
Date: Jul 2, 2011 Location: Apple River Fort State Historic Site Information: Join costumed interpreters as they recreate 1830s frontier life at the Apple River Settlement. Readings of the Declaration of Independence and other holiday events. Cost: Free Event Address: 311 E. Myrtle St.. Event City: Elizabeth Information Phone: 815-858-2028 via galena.org
Images of U.S. Grant at the Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society & Museum
‘Images of U.S. Grant” has arrived at the Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society & Museum in time to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War (and Grant’s birthday on Wednesday). But this exhibition, in the picturesque historic village that the Union general and American president briefly called home, is designed to draw repeat visits [...]
Trains, Bikes, Balloons and Boats
Back in the early 1800s, Galena, then population 14,000, was a bustling mecca on its way to becoming “a Chicago” long before Chicago ever was. What sparked Galena’s growth? It was a promising hub: a point of travel where all modes of transportation intersected. And anyone who was someone came here. Today, Galena, population 3,400, [...]
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