Galena, Ill.: home to U.S. Grant and Midwestern charm.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: April 15, 1996| Author: LeDuc, Daniel; LeDuc, Vickie E. | COPYRIGHT 1996 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

GALENA, Ill. _ OK, you're thinking, Chicago is a terrific town. But why else would you want to go to Illinois? It's just field of corn after field of soybeans highlighted by the occasional silo. Flat, dull, fagedaboutit.

But you shouldn't.

First all, the people here are just plain, Midwestern nice, making a visit a homey pleasure. Remember, nobody west of the Schuylkill uses the phrase ``fagedaboutit.''

And second, the geography of this northwest corner of...

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