Back to Galena _ a town that's never what it was.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: June 13, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Alan Solomon

GALENA, Ill. _ This isn't Ulysses S. Grant's Galena. It's not even your mother's Galena.

Whether either would like what it's become is, well, immaterial. It is what it is.

What we know for sure is this: Galena has been chosen to lead off a summer-long series we're calling Classic Midwest Weekends. From now until nearly Labor Day, we'll be visiting 13 "neighborhood" destinations known and, sometimes, loved by you and your neighbors.

Why Galena? Well, we had to start somewhere.

Please understand: This isn't a "best of ... " thing. We ...

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