Category Archives: Illinois

The DeSoto House Hotel is the oldest operating hotel in Illinois. We stopped in during the afternoon when we were wandering about town and wandered a bit. In the evening, we were looking for somewhere to eat supper. My wife … Continue reading →

I researched all the Grant sites in town and made sure I found them and took photographs, but we didn’t go inside. Grant worked as a clerk in this store before the Civil War. The store was in the larger … Continue reading →

Grant worked as a clerk in this store before the Civil War. The store was in the second building from the corner (the one with the bench in front). It is now part of Benjamin’s pub. We didn’t go inside.

Grant and his family attended this church. We were told that Grant’s pew has a plaque on it, but we didn’t go inside to see it. The church is two streets down the hill from his 121 North High Street … Continue reading →

When Grant first moved to Galena, he and his family rented this house from a Lutheran church. It’s a private residence now and is identified only by small plaque in the front window. To get there, we had to walk … Continue reading →