Galena Celebrates 200 Years

200 Block of North Main Street

On December 27, 1826, in a forgotten tavern in the Village on Fever River, people of the town voted - by a margin of a single vote - to rename the village "Galena."

Galenian of the Month

Ely Parker

Born Hasanoanda on a Reservation in Indian Falls, New York, Ely Parker was a Tonawanda Seneca. Like so many Native American children, he was taken from his home at an early age and sent to a baptist missionary school.

On December 27, 2026, we will have a town meeting and trivia contest at Turner Hall. This will be the grand finale of a year long celebration of Galena's 200 year history.

Marine Hospital / German English College

Galena's Fairgrounds, aka Recreation Park

Boze's Rec

Vacant Marine Hospital

Lawrence Hotel

Galena's Recreation Park, undated

Marine Hospital left, Old Log Cabin right

Riverside Drive

Wrath of the Galena River

Bicentennial Events

January 16th: Galena Trivia
February 26th-March 1st: Play at Turner Hall
May 15-17: Galena History Symposium at DeSoto House
August 29th: Corn Boil and Music Festival at Rec Park
September: Pow Wow at Hanover Athletic Field
December 27th: Galena Trivia / Birthday Party

...and don't miss bicentennial versions of our annual events:
March: Broad Ideas
April 24th-26th: Scout Weekend
May 7th-10th: Sidewalk Sale
June 6th: Pride in Galena
July 4th: Independence Day
September 12th-13th: Cemetery Walk
October 31th: Halloween Parade
November 14th: General's Ball
December 5th: Holidaze
- 12th: Luminaria / Living Windows

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