GALENA, a city near the north-west corner of Illinois, U.S.A., on the Galena river, 4m. from the Mississippi; the county seat of Jo Daviess county. It is on Federal highway 20, and is served by the Burlington, the Chicago and North Western, and the Illinois Central railways. The population was 4,742 in 1920 ; 193o it was 3,878. It is built on rocky limestone bluffs, rising abruptly on either side of the river, and the parallel streets, on dif erent levels, are connected by flights of steps. Lead and zinc are mined in the vicinity, and the city has smelters, reduction works, iron foundries, marble and stone works and a glove factory. Galena was originally a trading post, called by the French "La Pointe," and by the English "Fevre River," as the river had been named after a French trader, Le Fevre, who had been responsible for the first settlement in the area. In 1826 the town was laid out and named after the deposits of sulphide of lead that had been discovered. It was incorporated in 1835. Ulysses S. Grant was living in Galena when the Civil War broke out.