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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.

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Galena/Jo Daviess County History Museum

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 Museums

Ulysses S. Grant Home State Historic Site

The 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 Homes

Washburne House State Historic Site

This 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 Homes


Things to do near Galena, IL

Byron Heritage Farm Museum

Heritage farm museum shows farm life from 1847 to 1950's in the Byron area. There are two structures from the original 1847 f...

Warren Historical Society Museum

On display is a 1910 Hudson touring car, a jail, a Civil War cannon. Display cases with trophies and antiques. ...

Burns House

The first brick home built in Polo is now a tourist information center and home of the Convention and Visitors Bureau....

Cedarville Historical Museum

Located in a 116 year-old school building in Cedarville, the Cedarville Historical Museum's main exhibit focuses on Jane Adda...

Annie Wiggins Ghost Tours

Join us for a walking tour of Galena's historic legends, sites, cemeteries and famous ghostly tales. ...