1851 and ending in Freeport in 1853. Passengers who formerly took the stagecoach all the way from Chicago to Galena could take the train partway and transfer to the stage for the rest of the trip. The rail line, now Canadian National, parallels the old stage road between Galena and Rockford. Stagecoach Stops These stops were active sometime between 1839 and 1854. The stagecoach inns also provided food and lodging to other travelers on the road. Chicago, Illinois (Frink, Walker & Company General Stage Office, Lake and Dearborn Streets) Oak Park, Illinois (Oak Ridge, Cicero. Joseph and Betty Kettlestrings′ house) Maywood, Illinois Hillside, Illinois Oak Brook, Illinois Lisle, Illinois Naperville, Illinois (Pre–Emption House) Aurora, Illinois Elburn, Illinois Virgil, Illinois Genoa, Illinois (approximately the midpoint of the trail) (Pacific Hotel, Main Street) Garden Prairie, Illinois Belvidere, Illinois (Belvidere Company hotel) Cherry Valley, Illinois Rockford, Illinois (Stage barn, Third and State Streets east of the Rock River ferry and ford; Rockford House, State Street; Log Tavern Stage House) Twelve–Mile Grove (Vanceborough), Seward Township, Winnebago County, Illinois Ridott Township, Stephenson County, Illinois (Thomas Hunt's Tavern) Freeport, Illinois (Mansion House, Walnut and Spring Streets) Harlem Township, Stephenson County, Illinois (Tisdel Inn) Eleroy, Illinois (Stage Inn and barn) Lena, Illinois (Buckhorn Inn; Dodd's Inn, Lena Street) Waddams Grove, Illinois (Thomas S. French house and barn) Nora, Illinois (One Mile House) Millville, Illinois (Eldridge Howard Tavern) Warren, Illinois (Tisdel Hotel—Warren House—Old Stone Hotel) Apple River, Illinois Scales Mound, Illinois (Samuel H. Scales′ public house) Gratiot's Grove, Lafayette Co. Wisconsin (Fortunatus Berry Tavern) Galena, Illinois (Stage stable on Commerce Street) References Historic trails and roads in Illinois