I have presented this information to the best of my knowledge, but when it comes to historical “facts” there is always room for interpretation and debate.

~Paula Schonhoff~

Acknowledgements:

• Files from the Callahan House: Office for Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Special thanks to Terry Miller, Site Manager and Site Curator and Interpretive Coordinator and assistant Jamie Loso

• Alfred Mueller Historical Collections Room at Galena Public Library and Alfred Mueller Historic Photo Collection

• Cross referenced research with local historians Stephen Repp, Daryl Watson, and Scott Wolfe

• Information obtained from the Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society and Museum

• Articles written by Galena Public Librarians Stephen Repp and Scott Wolfe

• Past issues of the Galena Gazette dating back to the 1800’s

• The Building of Galena An Architectural Legacy by Carl Johnson

• Seventy Years On Main Street: A Business Directory of Galena, Illinois 1900-1970 by Stephen Repp

• To the City Among the Hills; Famous Visitors to Galena by Stephen Repp

• Images of America: Galena, by Diann Marsh

• Galena’s DeSoto Hotel  a booklet by Tacie and Thomas “Pete” Campbell, Jr., & George Dyke

• For helping narrate “The Generals” I would like to thank Mike Campbell.

• For editing all the narratives, and for narrating both “Architectural Styles” and “Famous Americans with Galena Connections”, I would like to thank my daughter, Alison Schonhoff