“ Galesburg was named in honour of the Rev. George Washington Gale (1789–1862) , a prominent Presbyterian preacher, who in 1827–1834 had founded the Oneida Manual Labor Institute at Whitestown, Oneida county, New York. ”

“ Here also are Corpus Christi College (Roman Catholic) , St Joseph’s Academy (Roman Catholic) and Brown’s Business College (1874) . There is a public library, founded in 1874. The industries consist mainly of the construction and repairing of steam railway cars (in the shops of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway) and the manufacture of foundry and machine-shop products, vitrified brick, agricultural implements and machinery. The total value of the factory product in 1905 was $2,217,772, being 52.9% more than in 1900. ”