Golf in Galena

Galena is Jo Daviess County's premier destination community, a remarkably intact antebellum city that once outranked Chicago in population and prosperity during the lead mining boom of the 1820s–1840s. Ulysses Grant called Galena home before and after the Civil War, and the community's collection of pre-war architecture — Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate — draws visitors from throughout the Midwest. Galena Golf Club adds a recreational dimension to a community already anchored by Eagle Ridge Resort and the Eagle Ridge golf complex, placing the town at the center of a Jo Daviess County golf scene that benefits from the region's terrain.