Going Out for a Real Slice of History

The next few days, to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary, which is today, we are going out to "The Town That History Forgot." And, that would be Galena, Illinois, near the Mississippi River on the tributary Galena River.

At one time it was even bigger than Chicago and seemed destined to be Illinois' big city until the lead played out. That left the downtown essentially unchanged since the 1840s.

It was just starting to get "rediscovered" by people back on this date in 1973, when Liz and I went to it for our honeymoon after getting married in Dekalb, Illinois, earlier in the day.

We're Going Back. --Cooter