See and hear of Galena's earliest Indian trader and how his building served Galena since the mid-1820s, through the Blackhawk War, as a museum, as a home, and its restoration.
See and hear of Galena's earliest Indian trader and how his building served Galena since the mid-1820s, through the Blackhawk War, as a museum, as a home, and its restoration.
Housed in the 1858 Daniel A. Barrows mansion where much of the home's original detail still exists, the museum exhibits include Civil War, mining, steamboating, clothing, geology, dolls, toys. Original 1830
Galena, IL MuseumsThe Ulysses S. Grant Home in Galena, Illinois is the former home of Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War General and later 18
Galena, IL Famous HomesThis renovated site was home to popular Congressman and political adviser to Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, and ambassador to France (1869-1877). Grant's election night news was received here via telegraph. Washburne's house was completed in 1845
Galena, IL Famous HomesHeritage farm museum shows farm life from 1847 to 1950's in the Byron area. There are two structures from the original 1847 f...
On display is a 1910 Hudson touring car, a jail, a Civil War cannon. Display cases with trophies and antiques. ...
The first brick home built in Polo is now a tourist information center and home of the Convention and Visitors Bureau....
Located in a 116 year-old school building in Cedarville, the Cedarville Historical Museum's main exhibit focuses on Jane Adda...
Join us for a walking tour of Galena's historic legends, sites, cemeteries and famous ghostly tales. ...