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Galena and Dubuque
A hilly 1800s lead-mining town on the Galena River, and, 25 minutes across the Mississippi, Iowa's oldest city on the bluffs.
Photo: Main Street, Galena, Robert Haugland, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Northwest Illinois · United States
Galena
A hilly 1800s river town, Grant's home and the Mississippi bluffs.
Mississippi River, Iowa · United States
Dubuque
A bluff city on the Mississippi, with a short steep elevator, a free arboretum, and a monument above the river.
