Galena State Historic Sites and General Ulysses S. Grant's Home

<body leftmargin="3" background="_themes/expeditn/exptextb.jpg" bgcolor="#E0DAB8" text="#000000" link="#993300" vlink="#666600" alink="#CC3300"> <h5 align="center"><big><big><font color="#804040" face="Bookman Old Style"><big><big><big><strong>Galena State Historic Sites</strong></big></big></big></font></big></big></h5> <p><marquee bgcolor="#008080" border="0" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: oblique; text-transform: none; text-decoration: blink; font-family: Bookman Old Style, sans-serif; font-size: larger">Welcome to Historic Galena, Illinois</marquee></p> <p align="center"><img src="galenapic25.jpg" alt="Galena, Illinois" WIDTH="593" HEIGHT="147"></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.granthome.com"><img src="granthome7.JPG" alt="Visit the home of Ulysses S. Grant and meet the Grant family." border="3" WIDTH="197" HEIGHT="157"></a>       <a href="market_house.htm"><img src="markethouse_copy.gif" alt="See the Old Market House along the Galena River." border="3" WIDTH="124" HEIGHT="167"></a>        <a href="washburne_house.htm"><img src="washburnehouse2_copy.gif" alt="Visit the Elihu Washburne home." border="3" WIDTH="194" HEIGHT="145"></a></p> <p align="center">     <font color="#804040" face="Bookman Old Style"><strong>Grant Home</strong></font>               <font color="#804040" face="Bookman Old Style"><strong>    Old Market House</strong></font>            <font color="#804040" face="Bookman Old Style"><strong> Washburne House</strong></font></p> <p align="center"><big><font color="#804040" face="Bookman Old Style"><big><big><strong>______________________</strong></big></big></font></big></p> <p><small><strong>To Our Visitors, </strong></small></p> <p><small><strong>It is truly our pleasure to WELCOME YOU to the Galena State Historic Sites. We hope you find this web page informative and useful for your upcoming visit to historic Galena.</strong></small></p> <p><small><strong>President Ulysses S. Grant's Home, Congressman Elihu B. Washburne's Home, several parks and neighborhood homes near the Grant Home, the Old Market House and the Information Center in the Market House Square on Commerce Street are all part of the Galena State Historic Sites. These sites are part of the 58 state-owned historic sites and memorials administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.</strong></small></p> <p><small><strong>Again, WELCOME to our web site. Our friendly and well informed staff are here waiting for YOU to give you a tour of our sites with the hopes that you will always have fond memories of your visit to Galena.</strong></small></p> <p><img src="milllersig.gif" width="195" height="73" alt="milllersig.gif (980 bytes)"></p> <dl> <dd><small><strong>Terry Miller</strong></small></dd> <dd><small><strong>Site Manager                   </strong></small></dd> <dd><small><strong>                                               <font color="#800000">                          Click on map of Galena for a larger image.</font></strong></small></dd> </dl> <p align="center"><a href="galena%20map.htm"><img src="Galena-map-300dpi-RGB-copy.gif" alt="Galena-map-300dpi-RGB-copy.gif (111489 bytes)" border="2" WIDTH="192" HEIGHT="201"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p><small>You are visitor</small> </p> <p align="center"><font face="Bookman Old Style"><b><a href="index2.htm">Home </a>  <a href="http://www.granthome.com"> Grant Home </a>    <a href="washburne_house.htm">Washburne House </a>   <a href="market_house.htm">Old Market House</a>   <a href="information_center.htm">Information Center</a>  </b></font></p> <b><p align="center"><font face="Bookman Old Style"><a href="site_information.htm">Site Information & Special Events</a>  <a href="contact_us.htm">Contact Us</a></font></p> <p align="center"><img src="quill.gif" alt="quill.gif (1878 bytes)" WIDTH="540" HEIGHT="46"></p> <dl> <div align="center"><center> <dt><strong><font color="#800040"><small><small>Galena State Hist. Sites</small></small></font></strong></dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt><strong><font color="#800040"><small><small>P.O. Box 333</small></small></font></strong></dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt><strong><font color="#800040"><small><small>Galena, IL. 61036</small></small></font></strong></dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt><strong><font color="#800040"><small><small>(815) 777-3310</small></small></font></strong></dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt><a href="mailto:granthome@granthome.com" Title="Email Us"><font color="#0000FF"><strong><small><small>granthome@granthome.com</small></small></strong></font></a></dt> </center></div> </dl> <p align="center"></b><img src="illinois.gif" title="Galena is located in JoDaviess County in the northwest corner of Illinois. It is located 12 miles east of Dubuque, Iowa and approximately 2 1/2 hours west of Chicago on US Highway 20." 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