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From the pages of The Galena Gazette: 1997: It’s an honor to be at West Point
10 years ago September 19, 2012 There will be plenty of activity taking place at River Ridge this week as the school celebrates its first-ever football homecoming celebration. The theme is: … more
Cars are lined up along Field Street adjacent to Recreation Park for the corn boil.
Do you remember Galena’s famous corn boils?
GALENA–It started back in 1947. Galena was going to have its first corn boil and as it was then reported, it was “something everyone who likes corn on the cob will enjoy.” It … more
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Wesley Muresan, Dubuque, Iowa, executes a perfect jump up to, over, and down the “Gap,” of the large boulders on the Black trail. “Having a mountain bike trail system with such great use of the terrain is awesome,” he said.
Chestnut Mountain tests out new mountain biking trails with a test run
Fifteen experienced mountain bike enthusiasts from across the tri-state area had an opportunity to try out the newest addition to outdoor activities at Chestnut Mountain Resort, rural Galena. On … more
The Galena High School class of 1962 held its 60th class reunion at the DeSoto House Hotel on Aug. 13. Attending were, back, from left, Bill Oldenburg, Jim McNamara, Jon Eggleston, John Becker, Elverna Hansen Stoddard, Ron Makovee, Norm Bohnsack; and, front, from left, Margy Heim Miller, Fran Auman Rosenthal, Betty Hulscher Kundert, Jerry Kirchner, Marian Harney Cook and Judy Korte Winter. Not available for the photo, David Rosenthal.
GHS 60th class reunion
Eighty-seven feet from the Jail Hill Inn is innkeeper Matthew Carroll’s new home. Matthew, who is currently living at the B&B, is looking forward to living in his own place.
A new home for the innkeeper: Matthew Carroll looks forward to a space of his own next to Jail Hill Inn
Matthew Carroll will soon have a place of his own to call home. The owner of Jail Hill Inn, the B&B, which has been ranked by Tripadvisor as the top B&B/Inn in the USA and second in the … more
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The Arrowhead Treehouse as darkness descends.
Lyrical home away from home: Dittmar family tackles a new agritourism project with the Arrowhead Treehouse
Tree houses are the stuff made of childhood memories and lyrical poems by teens and adults waxing prosaic about their former years. They are places where the magic of the outdoors, dreams of who we … more
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Robert Scott shakes hands with Queen Elizabeth II at a dedication ceremony at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School in Lancashire, England on Oct. 18, 1990. He is the father of Julie Soat, Galena.
Humbling experience: ‘What an honor:’ Julie Soat recalls father’s experience meeting Queen Elizabeth II
There is a photograph that always stood on a prominent table in Julie Soat’s parents’ foyer in West Union, Iowa. But Soat’s father, Robert “Bob” Scott, rarely mentioned … more
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Enjoying their appetizers are, left going clockwise, Linda Packard, Elener Rotan, Sam Rotan, Elizabeth Beck, Rob Beck, Ken Robb and Tony Packard.
Residents celebrate fifth anniversary of Prairie Ridge
There was a lot of celebrating going on at Prairie Ridge on Wednesday, Sept. 7. Roger Weis provided live entertainment. Residents toasted the fifth anniversary of Prairie Ridge and looked through a … more
From the pages of The Galena Gazette: 1947: The Gazette, A Weekly Visitor for Over One Hundred Years
10 years ago September 12, 2012 The campaign to “Build a Smarter Future” is kicking into full gear as a group of local residents are working to get out the yes vote for the November … more
The cast of this year’s Cemetery Walk to benefit the Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society includes, from left, Bryan Ackerman (grave digger and assistant director); Brian Schoenrock and Alison Schoenrock (Nelson and Mary Stillman); Ernest Jackson (Henry Christopher); Cathie Elsbrie (Anna Felt); Michael Crawford (Capt. Hiram Bersie); Megan Gloss (Lena Schmohl); and Ron and Kris Chapman (John and Mary Packard).
It’s time for the Cemetery Walk: Annual event benefiting the museum brings back to life Galenians from another era
Area residents and visitors will have an opportunity to meet Galenians from another era this weekend, when the annual Cemetery Walk takes center stage at Greenwood Cemetery. The annual fundraiser … more
The Viking cruise ship makes its way south on a very calm Mississippi River as dusk descends on Wednesday, Sept. 7. This was the maiden voyage for the Viking which started its trip on Saturday, Sept. 3 from St. Paul, Minn., and arrived in Dubuque on Tuesday morning, Sept. 6. The boat was expected to arrive in St. Louis, Mo., on Saturday, Sept. 10. The boat is 450 feet long and includes five decks and can host 386 guests in 193 rooms, with a crew of 148.
Maiden voyage of the Viking...
The Bishop’s Busy Big Store/Lyric Opera House building in Elizabeth has been named to the National Register of Historic Places. There will be an unveiling of the official national register plaque at a later date.
Bishops makes it on national register
ELIZABETH–The Bishop’s Busy Big Store/Lyric Opera House property in Elizabeth has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register is the official list of … more
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