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.
International supply and demand also play a role in. the domestic production and price of soft shell crabs. An increase in imported crab within the last decade has. created significant competition for blue crab production. The global harvest of other crabs within the blue crab. family (Portunidae) has significantly increased, and the. importation of alternative soft crab products (mangrove. crab, Scylla serrata) from India, Thailand, Bangladesh. and Australia has exploded into the American market.