Desoto House Hotel, Galena, Illinois - Discussion
Anonymous
· Oct. 30, 2025, 9:58 p.m.
Discussion thread for Desoto House Hotel, Galena, Illinois.
The 1855 DeSoto House Hotel boasts such esteemed former guests as Abraham Lincoln and William Jennings Bryan. It was also the presidential campaign headquarters for Ulysses S. Grant, among others. Although the identity of the ghosts here is unknown, many folks have reported phantom cigar smoke,...
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