Galena

Galena is the biggest city in and the district seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, with a populace of 3,429 at the 2010 evaluation. A 581-section of land segment of the city is recorded on the National Register of Historic Places as the Galena Historic District. The city is named for the mineral galena, which was mined by Native Americans in the territory for over a thousand years. Inferable from these stores, Galena was the site of the main real mineral surge in the United States.

By 1828, the populace was assessed at 10,000, equaling the number of inhabitants in Chicago at the time. The city rose as the biggest steamboat center point on the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. Galena was the home of Ulysses S. Concede and eight other Civil War commanders. Today, the city is a vacationer goal known for its history, design, and resorts.