Galena

Galena, a city of Illinois, on the Fevre River, 6 miles above its junction with the Mississippi, and 133 miles WNW. of Chicago by rail. The river runs here between high limestone bluffs, and the town is built on a series of terraces. It contains a custom-house, and a number of mills, foundries, and furniture factories, and exports a large quantity of lead (mined and smelted in the vicinity) and zinc. Pop. (1880) 6451; (1890) 5635.