Here's where we tantalize you with historical tidbits on Galena and Jo Daviess County.
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Galena Facts Follow this growing list of facts and trivia about the Galena area history. To find the answers we must go back to 1827, when the flow of population into northwestern Illinois, especially into the Galena lead mines, encouraged the state legislature to form a new county. Others ought to be ordered. The Museum . History Highlights .