On August 18, 1865, Galena celebrated the return of its Civil War hero General Ulysses S. Grant. Following a jubilant procession with much flag waving and speeches, a group of Galena citizens presented the General with a handsome furnished house on Bouthillier Street.
The price of a bushel of male crabs in New York should drop below $40 when landings peak. The company MarylandBlueCrabExpress.com offers a variety of blue crab choices. Here, a bushel of steam blue crabs can cost anywhere from $90 to $155 depending on the size of the crabs.
Opilio crabs weigh an average of one to three pounds. â¢ At $4.50 per pound (up from $3.90 last year), fishermen can make between $27 and $45 for each red king crab they catch. At about $1.70 per pound (up from $1.50 last year), an average opilio crab can fetch $1.70 to $5.10.