Galena River (Illinois)

	Galena River (Illinois) The Galena River, also known as the Fevre or Fever River, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river which flows through the Midwestern United States. Geography The river rises in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, south of Benton and southwest of Shullsburg. It enters Illinois in Jo Daviess County to flow through the city of Galena before it joins the upper Mississippi River a few miles south and west. The river is part of the Driftless Area of Illinois and Wisconsin. This region was ice-free during the Wisconsin glaciation and underwent hundreds of thousands of years of glacial-free erosion. The river also occupies a substantial canyon. History The indigenous name for the river was "Maucaubee" which if translated means "fever" or "fever that blisters," the indigenous term for small pox. The indigenous gave it this name because in the early days of this country, some of the warriors exis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Galena, Illinois Galena is the largest city in and the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, with a population of 3,308 at the 2020 census. A section of the city is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Galena Historic District. The city is named for the mineral galena, which was in the ore that formed the basis for the region's early lead mining economy. Native Americans, primarily Mesquakie, Ho-Chunk, Sauk, and Menominee had mined galena in the area for more than a thousand years before European Americans settled in the area. Owing to these deposits, Galena was the site of the first major mineral rush in the United States. By 1828, the population was estimated at 10,000, rivaling the population of Chicago at the time. Galena developed as the largest steamboat hub on the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. Galena was the home of Ulysses S. Grant and eight other Civil War generals. Today, the city is a tourist destination known for its history, architectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian mountains. The main stem is entirely within the United States; the total drainage basin is , of which only about one percent is in Canada. The Mississippi ranks as the thirteenth-largest river by discharge in the world. The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Native Americans have lived along the Mississippi River and its tributaries for thousands of years. Most were hunter-ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tributaries Of The Mississippi River A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream."opposite to a tributary" PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rivers Of Wisconsin This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Great Lakes Drainage Lake Michigan Menominee River * Wausaukee River Pike River Pemebonwon River Little Popple River Pine River * Popple River Brule River Peshtigo River * Little Peshtigo River Thunder River Rat River **Indian River Oconto River *Little River Pensaukee River Little Suamico River Suamico River *Potter Creek Fox River East River Fond du Lac River Wolf River Pine River Rat River Waupaca River *Crystal River Tomorrow River Little Wolf River Embarrass River Pigeon River Shioc River Red River Evergreen River Lily River Hunting River White River Mecan River Grand River Montello River Red River Mink River Ahnapee River Kewaunee River East Twin River * West Twin River Devils River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rivers Of Illinois This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Illinois: By drainage basin Gulf of Mexico Mississippi River Ohio River Lusk Creek * Saline River *Wabash River Little Wabash River *Skillet Fork * Elm River * Fox River * Salt Creek Bonpas Creek Embarras River (Illinois) * North Fork Embarras River * Little Embarras River Little Vermilion River Vermilion River *Middle Fork Vermilion River *Salt Fork Vermilion River **Saline Branch ***Boneyard Creek Cache River * Cypress Creek Big Muddy River *Beaucoup Creek * Little Muddy River * Casey Creek (Casey Fork) Marys River * Little Marys River Kaskaskia River * Shoal Creek * West Okaw River Palmer Creek Wood River Illinois River Macoupin Creek Big Sandy Creek La Moine River Sangamon River Salt Creek Spring Creek Sugar Creek * Lick Creek Spoon River Mackinaw River Little Mackinaw River Panther Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jim Post Jimmie David Post (October 28, 1939 – September 14, 2022) was an American folk singer-songwriter, composer, playwright and actor. In 1968 his pop song " Reach out of the Darkness" charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for 14 weeks, peaking at number 10. Life and career Jim Post was born in Houston, Texas. He performed and recorded in the 1960s as the duo Friend and Lover with his wife at that time, Cathy Conn Post. He worked as a solo singer-songwriter in Chicago and throughout the Midwest in the 1970s and 1980s. Post was a regular performer at the Earl of Old Town and other Chicago folk music bars, and was a contemporary of notable singer-songwriters Steve Goodman, John Prine, Fred Holstein, and Bonnie Koloc, and a frequent collaborator with singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mick Scott and Tom Dundee. In 1971, he produced and played on an album of Chicago folk musicians, ''Gathering at the Earl of Old Town'', that included the first recording of Goodman's "Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Wisconsin Rivers This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Great Lakes Drainage Lake Michigan Menominee River * Wausaukee River Pike River Pemebonwon River Little Popple River Pine River * Popple River Brule River Peshtigo River * Little Peshtigo River Thunder River Rat River **Indian River Oconto River *Little River Pensaukee River Little Suamico River Suamico River *Potter Creek Fox River East River Fond du Lac River Wolf River Pine River Rat River Waupaca River *Crystal River Tomorrow River Little Wolf River Embarrass River Pigeon River Shioc River Red River Evergreen River Lily River Hunting River White River Mecan River Grand River Montello River Red River Mink River Ahnapee River Kewaunee River East Twin River * West Twin River Devils River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Illinois Rivers This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Illinois: By drainage basin Gulf of Mexico Mississippi River Ohio River Lusk Creek * Saline River *Wabash River Little Wabash River *Skillet Fork * Elm River * Fox River * Salt Creek Bonpas Creek Embarras River (Illinois) * North Fork Embarras River * Little Embarras River Little Vermilion River Vermilion River *Middle Fork Vermilion River *Salt Fork Vermilion River **Saline Branch ***Boneyard Creek Cache River * Cypress Creek Big Muddy River *Beaucoup Creek * Little Muddy River * Casey Creek (Casey Fork) Marys River * Little Marys River Kaskaskia River * Shoal Creek * West Okaw River Palmer Creek Wood River Illinois River Macoupin Creek Big Sandy Creek La Moine River Sangamon River Salt Creek Spring Creek Sugar Creek * Lick Creek Spoon River Mackinaw River Little Mackinaw River Panther Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lake Galena (Illinois) Lake Galena is a reservoir in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, located near Galena.Brainy Geography. (2007). ''Galena Lake Illinois''. Retrieved June 22, 2007, from History The lake formed following the damming of Smallpox Creek in 1974.Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. (Unknown last update). ''Mississippi North River Watershed''. Retrieved June 22, 2007, from http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/water-quality/report-1996/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-09.html Smallpox Creek is one of many tributaries of the Mississippi River. Geography Lake Galena receives its water from a watershed about in size and is located at an elevation of about .. Retrieved June 24, 2007 It encompasses an area of and with of shoreline. It is located within a private development of Galena known as the Galena Territory. Use The lake is mostly used for recreational purposes including boating and fishing. The lake is managed by a non-profit corporation, The Galena Territory Association, who manages a mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Winnebago War The Winnebago War, also known as the Winnebago Uprising, was a brief conflict that took place in 1827 in the Upper Mississippi River region of the United States, primarily in what is now the state of Wisconsin. Not quite a war, the hostilities were limited to a few attacks on American civilians by a portion of the Winnebago (or Ho-Chunk) Native American tribe. The Ho-Chunks were reacting to a wave of lead miners trespassing on their lands, and to false rumors that the United States had sent two Ho-Chunk prisoners to a rival tribe for execution. Most Native Americans in the region decided against joining the uprising, and so the conflict ended after U.S. officials responded with a show of military force. Ho-Chunk chiefs surrendered eight men who had participated in the violence, including Red Bird, whom American officials believed to be the ringleader. Red Bird died in prison in 1828 while awaiting trial; two other men convicted of murder were pardoned by President John Quin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Wisconsin Glaciation The Wisconsin Glacial Episode, also called the Wisconsin glaciation, was the most recent glacial period of the North American ice sheet complex. This advance included the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, which nucleated in the northern North American Cordillera; the Innuitian ice sheet, which extended across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago; the Greenland ice sheet; and the massive Laurentide Ice Sheet, which covered the high latitudes of central and eastern North America. This advance was synchronous with global glaciation during the last glacial period, including the North American alpine glacier advance, known as the Pinedale glaciation. The Wisconsin glaciation extended from approximately 75,000 to 11,000 years ago, between the Sangamonian Stage and the current interglacial, the Holocene. The maximum ice extent occurred approximately 25,000–21,000 years ago during the last glacial maximum, also known as the ''Late Wisconsin'' in North America. This glaciation radically altered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Driftless Area The Driftless Area, a topographical and cultural region in the American Midwest, comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of Illinois. Never covered by ice during the last ice age, the area lacks the characteristic glacial deposits known as drift. Its landscape is characterized by steep hills, forested ridges, deeply carved river valleys, and karst geology with spring-fed waterfalls and cold-water trout streams. Ecologically, the Driftless Area's flora and fauna are more closely related to those of the Great Lakes region and New England than those of the broader Midwest and central Plains regions. The steep riverine landscape of both the Driftless Area proper and the surrounding Driftless-like region are the result of early glacial advances that forced preglacial rivers that flowed into the Great Lakes southward, causing them to carve a gorge across bedrock cuestas, thereby forming the modern incised upper Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]