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.
The market price for Bluefin tends to vary by vast amounts. Due to their increasing scarcity, costs are likely continue upward. Suprisingly, some Bluefin can reach prices that top $200,000 to over $700,000 and have been known to cross $1 million though these are the exceptions. In 2013, one tuna sold for $1.76 million.