http://www.hartnup.net/travels/2005/07/20/elgin-to-galena/ ... can't stay for long, just turn around and we're gone again Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:13:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.hartnup.net/travels/2005/07/20/elgin-to-galena/#comment-24 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 07:07:58 +0000 http://www.hartnup.net/travels/2005/07/20/elgin-to-galena/#comment-24 I suspect the river silted up because the city stopped dredging it! I suspect the river silted up because the city stopped dredging it!

]]> http://www.hartnup.net/travels/2005/07/20/elgin-to-galena/#comment-22 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:38:15 +0000 http://www.hartnup.net/travels/2005/07/20/elgin-to-galena/#comment-22 Very interesting to read a traveler's impressions of this area. So sorry you got locked out of your hotel room. I think that the reason Galena lost its status as a riverboat town was not due to the railroads, but because the Fever river silted in - can't hardly believe that little creek used to be an actual steamboat navigable river! It's good that you were able to take the time to see some of the highlights of Dubuque, which is a truly gorgeous city. Good luck on the rest of your journey! Very interesting to read a traveler’s impressions of this area. So sorry you got locked out of your hotel room. I think that the reason Galena lost its status as a riverboat town was not due to the railroads, but because the Fever river silted in - can’t hardly believe that little creek used to be an actual steamboat navigable river! It’s good that you were able to take the time to see some of the highlights of Dubuque, which is a truly gorgeous city. Good luck on the rest of your journey!

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