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Part First - Peoria County
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| CHAPTER I
- LAKE PIMITEOUI: DISCOVERY BY JOLIET AND MARQUETTE |
1 - 6 |
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- French
Explorations in the Great Lake Region
- Search for the South Sea
- French Missionaries as Early Explorers
- Expedition of Joliet and Marquette
- Meet the Illini
- They Enter the Illinois River
- Discovery of Lake Pimiteoui
- First View of the Site of Peoria by White Men.
- Marquette's Second Visit to the Illinois Country
- His Death |
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| CHAPTER II -
PEORIA FROM 1680 to 1682. |
7 - 13 |
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- Arrival of La
Salle and Tonti
- Accounts Given by Hennepin and Tonti
- The Original Kaskaskia
- Fort Creve Coeur Located
- Tonti Left in Command is Deserted by Most of the Party
- La Salle's Second Expedition
- He and Tonti Reach the Mouth of the Mississippi
- Fort St. Louis Established |
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| CHAPTER III.
- THE MISSIONARIES |
14 - 18 |
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- French Catholic
Mission at Peoria
- Peoria Village in Existence Early in the Eighteenth Century
- French Grant to Philip Francis Renault
- Blank in Peoria History From 1723 to 1765 |
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IV - OLD PEORIA FORT AND VILLAGE |
19 - 24 |
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- Conjecture
Regarding the Site of Fort Creve Coeur
- Peoria in 1778
- Jean Baptiste Maillet, French Trader of Peoria, Leads Expedition Against
St. Joseph
- Le Pe, Trading Post Within the Limits of Peoria, Destroyed by the
British in1779
- Destruction of the Village in 1812 |
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| CHAPTER V
- INDIAN AFFAIRS. |
25 - 30 |
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- Expedition of
Captain Levering
- Council With the Indians at Peoria
- The Speech of Chief Gomo |
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CONTENTS - PART II.
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| CHAPTER
VI. - THE WAR OF 1812 |
31-38 |
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- Peoria Known as
"Opa."
- Its Importance as a Strategic Point Gathering of Hostile Indians
- Expedition Against Peoria Destruction of Black Partridge's Village
- Burning of Peoria by Captain Craig
- Reports of the Affair by Craig and Colonel
Russell |
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VII. - OLD PEORIA AND ITS INHABITANTS |
39 - 43 |
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- Claims of the
Early French Settlers Growing that of Captain Craig's Act
- Report of Land Office Register Edward Coles Thereon
- List of the Principal Claimants |
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VIII. - FRENCH INHABITANTS OF OLD PEORIA |
44 - 47 |
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- La Ville de
Maillet Located at the Foot of Lake Peoria
- Its Founder Jean Baptiste Maillet
- Isaac Darneill and Col. William Russell Successively Become the Owners
- Terms of the Darneille Deed
- Other Claimants of Peoria Lands |
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IX. - PEORIA IN 1813. |
48 - 52 |
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- Expedition of
Gen. Benjamin Howard Reaches Peoria
- Surprised by the Indians
- Building of Fort Clark
- Description of the Fort
- Gordon S. Hubbard's Account of its Destruction |
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X. - FIRST AMERICAN SETTLERS. |
53 - 56 |
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- Abner Eads and
Party Arrive in Spring of 1819
- Mrs. Eads First American Woman to see Peoria
- A Second Party Arrives the Same Year
- Later Arrivals
- Tax-Payers in 1825
- Characteristics of the People |
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| CHAPTER
XI. - COUNTY GOVERNMENT |
57 - 62 |
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- St. Clair County
Organized
- Formation and Territorial Jurisdiction
- Peoria Outside of the First County Limits
- Is included in St. Clair County in 1800
- Successively Attached to Madison, Pike and Fulton Counties
- The Eads-Ross Contested Election Case
- Peoria County Organized in 1825
- Other Counties Set Off From Peoria
- County Officers |
57 - 62 |
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XII. - STRUGGLE FOR THE COUNTY SEAT |
63 - 68 |
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- County Seat
Located
- Obstacles to Securing Title From the General Government
- Question Settled by a Special Act of Congress in 1833
- County Commissioners From 1825 to 1833 |
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XIII. - GOVERNMENT BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS |
69 - 75 |
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- Organization of
First Board
- The County Seat Named
- Grand and Petit Jurors Selected
- Other County Officers
- County Divided Into Precincts
- Chicago and Galena Constitute Part of Peoria County
- County Commissioners' Court Goes Out of Existence |
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XIV. - THE PROBATE COURT |
76 - 78 |
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- Peoria County
Probate Court Organized
- Norman Hyde First Probate Judge
- Other Incumbents in the Office
- Some of the Estates Settled in the Early Probate Court
- Ceases to Exist Under the Constitution of 1848 |
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XV. - EARLY CIRCUIT COURTS |
79 - 82 |
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- Judge John York
Sawyer
- John Dixon, First County Clerk, Appointed Circuit Clerk
- Trial of Nomaque, an Indian, for Murder
- He is Defended by William S. Hamilton, a Son of Alexander Hamilton
- Nomaque Joins Black Hawk in the Black Hawk War
- His Final Fate
- Changes in the Peoria Circuit
- Some Noble Judges Who Have Presided in the Peoria Courts |
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XVI. - EARLY ROADS FERRIES AND BRIDGES |
83 - 90 |
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- The First Road From
Fort Clark Believed to Have Led Towards Springfield
- Ossian Ross Establishes a Ferry at Havana
- John L. Bogardus Secures License for a Ferry at Foot of Peoria Lake
- Abner Eads Establishes the First Ferry
- Fare Rates on Illinois Ferries
- First State Roads Located Towards Chicago, Danville and Galena
- John L. Bogardus Enters Into Contract to Erect a Bridge Across the
Illinois River
- Early Stage Routes |
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| CHAPTER
XVII. - COUNTY BUILDINGS |
91 - 100 |
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- First County
Court House
- First Court Held in House of Ogee, a Half-Breed
- Erection of The First Jail
- A Second Court House Erected in 1835
- A New Jail Erected in 1849 and a Third Court House in 1858
- Present Peoria County Court House Completed in 1878
- Peoria County Alms House |
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| CHAPTER
XVIII. - EARLY CHURCHES |
101 - 110 |
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- First Religious
Teachers Roman Catholics
- Methodists and Baptists Follow the New Immigration
- The First Marriages
- Dr. Alexander Wolcott Married to Eleanor Kinzie of Chicago by John
Hamlin, J. P., of Peoria
- Rev. Jesse Walker a Missionary Among Indians About Fort Clark
- Rev. William See Preaches the First Methodist Sermon in Peoria
- Peter Cartwright and Stephen R. Beggs
- Presbyterians Found Their First Church
- The Court House Used for Church Purposes
- Other Church Organizations |
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XIX. - PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
111 - 121 |
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- First
Free-School Law
- Norman Hyde the First Teacher
- John Essex Teaches in Indian School
- Miss Maria Waters, the Second Teacher, Relates Some Reminiscences
- School Legislation
- Sale of School Lands
- Educational Conventions at Peoria
- Arrival of Prominent Educators
- C. C. Bonney and Charles F. Hovey
- State Teachers' Institute at Peoria in 1854
- "Illinois Teacher"
- Free School Law of 1855
- "Peoria County Teachers' Institute"
- Statistics of Peoria County Schools
- County School Commissioners |
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| CHAPTER
XX. - RAILROADS |
122 - 129 |
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- Internal
Improvement System of 1837
- Lines Projected From Peoria to Warsaw and From Pekin to Bloomington
- Peoria & Oquawka Railroad Chartered in 1849
- "Eastern Extension" Completed in 1859
- Other Important Lines Centering at Peoria
- General Railroad History |
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| CHAPTER
XXI. - POLITICAL ANNALS |
130 - 137 |
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- Early Elections
- The Slavery Issue in 1824
- Some Early Politicians
- Benjamin Mills, William L. May and James W. Stephenson
- John Hamlin, First Member of the Legislature From Peoria County
- John T. Stuart's Candidacy for Congress
- Election Statistics of 1842
- Senators and Representatives From Peoria County
- Lincoln B. Knowlton, William W. Thompson and Onslow Peters Represent
Peoria County in Constitutional Convention of 1847
- Legislature and Congressional Apportionments
- Representation in State Legislature
- The Constitution of 1870 |
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CHAPTER XXII. - THE IMPENDING CONFLICT |
138 - 144 |
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- The Campaign
1840
- Foreshadowings of the Struggle on the Slavery Question
- Excitement Over an Anti-Slavery Meeting in 1843
- The Pro-Slavery Element Adopt Resolutions in Opposition to the Formation
of an Anti-Slavery Society in Peoria
- Samuel H. Davis of the Peoria Register Issues a Pamphlet in Condemnation
of This High-Handed Action
- Prosecution of Owen Lovejoy for Aiding a Fugitive Slave
- Agitation Over the Annexation of Texas
- Lovejoy Elected to the State Legislature
- Escape of the Negro Slave, "Old Mose"
- Lovejoy's Retort of Congressman Singleton of Mississippi |
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| CHAPTER
XXIII. - 1854 TO 1856 - READJUSTMENT OF PARTIES |
145 - 154 |
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- Adoption of the
Kansas Nebraska Act by Congress
- Reorganization of Parties
- Debate Between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln at Peoria
- Invitation of Peoria Citizens to Mr. Lincoln to Meet His Antagonist
- Douglas asks a Truce
- Ward H. Lamon's Account of Peoria Meeting
- Douglas Charged With Breaking the Truce
- Conference of Illinois Editors at Decatur Appoints Anti-Nebraska
Convention at Bloomington, May 29, 1858
- Delegates from Peoria County
- First Republican State Ticket Nominated and Elected
- Douglas-Lincoln Debate at Galesburg in 1858
- Other Political Events |
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| CHAPTER
XXIV. - POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1860 |
155 - 158 |
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- Republican
National Convention in Chicago
- Lincoln Nominated for the Presidency
- Other National and State Nominations
- "The Wigwam"
- Political Marching Clubs
- Local Candidates
- Monster Democratic Mass Meeting at Peoria
- Enthusiasm Over the Election of Mr. Lincoln
- Great Ratification Meeting of Nov. 9, 1860 |
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XXV. - PEORIA IN THE GREAT UPRISING |
159 - 165 |
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- The Firing on
Fort Sumter
- Popular Sentiment Aroused on the Side of the Government
- Julius Manning, a Prominent Democrat, Declares for the Union
- President Lincoln's First Call for Volunteers
- Enthusiasm Aroused by Proclamation of Lincoln and Governor Yates
- War Meeting at the Court House
- Enlistments of Union Army
- R. G. Ingersoll, Late Defeated Democratic Candidate for Congress, Offers
to Raise a Cavalry Regiment
- Vigilance Committee Appointed
- Volunteers Depart for Springfield
- Enlistments Under Call for Three Years' Men |
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XXVI. - THE MUSTERING IN OF TROOPS. |
166 - 175 |
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- The Bull Run
Disaster
- Peoria County Responds to the Call for Troops
- Prominent Democrats Take Strong General in Support of the Government
- Camp Lyon Established on the County Fair Grounds
- Roster of Field and Staff Officers of Peoria County Regiments
- Statistics of Quotas and Enrollment for Peoria County
- Appropriations for Bounties and the Support of Soldiers' Families |
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XXVII. - AUXILIARY WORK |
176 - 185 |
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- "Ladies'
Soldiers' Aid Society"
- Young Men's Christian Association
- The Western Sanitary Commission
- Contributions of Hospital and Sanitary Supplies
- Peoria County Furnishes Two of the Most Famous Army Nurses
- "Aunt Lizzie" Aiken and Mrs. Sturgis |
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XXVIII. - PEORIA COUNTY POLITICS DURING WAR PERIOD |
186 - 195 |
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- Knights of the
Golden Circle"
- Election of 1861
- Criticism of Government War Policy
- Attitude of the War Democrats
- Owen Lovejoy and Thomas J. Henderson Opposing Candidates for Congress
- Party Nominations for State Offices
- Peace Champions in the Legislature of 1863
- Mass Meeting of War Democrats at Decatur
- Camp Douglas Conspiracy
- Mass Meeting of Anti-War Democrats at Peoria, August 3, 1864
- State and Local Elections |
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| CHAPTER
XXIX. - THE MONUMENTS |
196 - 201 |
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- Soldiers'
Monument in Court House Square
- Gens. B. F. Butler and John A. Logan Take Par of Dedication Exercises
- Soldiers' Monument in Springdale Cemetery
- Dedication of Ladies' Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in 1899
- Addresses by Mrs. Lucie B. Tying and President McKinley |
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XXX. - PEORIA IN THE BLACK HAWK AND MEXICAN WARS. |
202 - 209 |
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- The Black Hawk
War
- Muster Roll of Captain Eads' Company of Rangers
- Major Stillman, of Stillman's Defeat, a Citizen of Peoria County
- Panic Among the Early Settlers of Peoria and Fulton Counties
- Part Taken by Peorians in the Mexican War
- Association of Mexican War Veterans
- List of Survivors |
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| CHAPTER
XXXI. - COUNTY OFFICERS |
210 - 213 |
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- Clerks of County
Commissioners' Court and County Clerks
- Sherriffs
- Coroners
- Probate Judges
- Probate Clerks
- County Judges
- Circuit Judges
- State's Attorneys
- Circuit Clerks
- County Treasurers
- School Commissioners and Superintendents
- County Surveyors
- Respective Terms of Office of Each |
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| CHAPTER
XXXII. - AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES |
214 - 217 |
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- State and County
Fairs
- Patrons of Husbandry
- Statistics of Wealth, Agricultural Products, Population and Popular Vote |
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XXXIII. - PHYSICAL FEATURES AND NATURAL HISTORY |
218 - 225 |
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- Geography and
Geology of Peoria County
- Coal Measures
- Building Stone
- Fauna
- Birds, Reptiles and Fishes
- Flora |
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| CHAPTER
XXXIV. - OLD SETTLERS' UNION |
226 - 235 |
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- Founders of the
Organization
- Annual Meetings
- List of Officers
- Addresses and Reminiscences of Pioneer Life
- A Pioneer Wedding
- Advent of the Cook-Stove
- Early Days on the River
- Opening a New Ferry
- A Retrospect
- The Patriarch's Blessing |
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Part Second - City of Peoria
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| CHAPTER
I. - PEORIA AS A VILLAGE |
237 - 244 |
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- County
Commissioners Locate the County Seat
- The Village Platted in 1825
- Land Entered by the County Commissioners
- First Sale of Lots in 1826
- Village Government Organized
- First Village Officers
- First Peoria Newspaper Established 1834
- Some Early Business Men
- Prices of Commodities
- Peoria in 1838
- Described by John M. Peck in "gazetteer of Illinois"
- The Second Newspaper
- Social Events and Business Advertisements
- Lawyers in Peoria |
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II. - FROM VILLAGE TO CITY |
245 - 251 |
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- City
Incorporated in 1845
- Changes in Corporate Limits
- Facts From "Drown's Record"
- Some Business Statistics of 1856
- Peoria Manufactories
- Imports and Exports
- Peoria's First Railroad, The Peoria and Oquawka
- Branches of Business and Principal Business Houses
- Packing Houses
- Population From 1844 to 1858
- Buildings in Process of Construction in 1859 |
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III. - VILLAGE AND CITY GOVERNMENTS |
252 - 256 |
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- Village Officers
- First City Election April 28, 1845
- Changes in City Charter
- Mayors, City Clerks and City Treasurers
- City Buildings |
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IV - WATER SUPPLY AND FIRE DEPARTMENT |
257 - 264 |
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- Early Water
Supply
- Water Works Company Incorporated
- History of Individual Fire Companies
- Paid Fire Department Established in 1875
- Fire Department Officials |
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| CHAPTER
V. - BRIDGES - GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT - TELEGRAPH AND STREET
RAILROADS |
265 - 276 |
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- Peoria Bridge
Company Chartered
- Ferry Privileges
- First Bridge Erected in 1848
- Chronology of Bridge History
- Gas and Electric Light
- Telegraphy History
- Sewerage
- Street Paving
- Side-Walks
- Street Railways
- The Telephone |
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VI. - PARKS AND ARTESIAN WELLS |
277 - 279 |
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- The Peoria Park
System
- History of Individual Parks
- Artesian Wells
- Prospect Hill
- Expenditures of Park System up to 1900
- Present Park Board |
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VII. - POST OFFICE - INTERNAL REVENUE - U. S. COURTS. |
280 - 285 |
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- Early Postal
Facilities
- List of Postmasters
- Locations of Post Office
- Free Delivery Service Established in 1873
- Peoria Custom House
- Internal Revenue
- Annual Receipts
- Collectors Internal Revenue
- United State Court |
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| CHAPTER
VIII. - THE PRESS |
286 - 297 |
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- Peoria Newspaper
History
- First Paper Established in 1834
- "Illinois Champion and Peoria Hearld"
- Other Individual Newspaper Enterprises
- Some Prominent Chicago Journalists
- Abram S. Buxton, Samuel H. Davis, Thomas J. Picket
- "Illinois Teacher"
- Drown's and Root's Directories |
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IX. - HOTELS |
298 - 303 |
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- Early Hotel
History
- Col. Charles H. Dean's Reminiscences
- Visit of Ex-President Martin Van Buren in 1842
- Some Prominent Hotel Keepers
- Leading Hotels of Present Day
- The National Hotel Company |
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X. - BANKS AND BANKING |
304 - 313 |
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- Early Banking in
Illinois
- History of Peoria Banking Institutions
- Remarkable Growth of Banking Business
- National and State Banks and Their Individual History
- Their Officers
- Capitalization and Resources
- Other Financial Enterprises
- Clearing House Association |
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XI. - MANUFACTURES |
314 - 339 |
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- Peoria as a
Manufacturing Center
- Extent and Variety of Manufactures in 1850
- Agricultural Implements
- Principal Manufacturing Establishments
- Agricultural
- Iron Works
- Binder-Twine Industry
- Cellulose Manufacture Described
- Breweries and Distilleries
- Flouring Mills and Foundries
- Glucose Works
- Early Importance of the Pork Packing Trade
- Minor Industrial Enterprises |
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| CHAPTER
XII. - TRADE AND COMMERCE |
310 - 351 |
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- Early Trade in
Peoria
- Leading Wholesale Houses
- Transportation
- Steamboat Lines at an Early Day
- Railroads Centering at Peoria
- Grain Elevators
- Board of Trade
- Its History and Board of Officers
- Peoria Chamber of Commerce
- Grain Receipts and Shipments
- Pork-Packing
- The Union Stock Yards |
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| CHAPTER
XIII. - CHURCHES |
352 - 379 |
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- Denominational
and Church History
- Individual Church Organizations and Edifices
- Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregational, Baptist, Christian, Episcopal,
Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches
- Miscellaneous Church Organizations
- Some Extinct Churches |
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XIV. - RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS |
380 - 388 |
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Young Men's Christian
Association
- Date of its Founding and Service During the Civil War
- Young Women's Christian Association
- Women's Christian Temperance Union
- Women's Christian Home Mission
- Bradley Home for Aged Women
- The Guyer Home
- The St. Joseph's Home
- Home of the Good Shepherd
- Peoria Industrial School for Girls |
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| CHAPTER
XV. - EDUCATION |
389 - 401 |
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- Peoria Public
Schools
- Bradley Polytechnic Institute
- Catholic Schools
- Lutheran Parochial Schools
- German Free Schools
- Brown's Peoria Business College
- Peoria Public Library
- Peoria Scientific Association |
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XVI. - MEDICAL PROFESSION - HOSPITALS |
402 - 409 |
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- Early Physicians
and Surgeons in Peoria
- Sketches of Members of the Profession
- Specialists
- Homeopathy
- St. Francis and Cottage Hospitals
- The Peoria Sanitarium
- Peoria City Medical Society |
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XVII. - GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC |
410 - 415 |
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- Date of
Organization, Membership and Objects
- Bryner Post, G. A. R.
- List of Officers
- The Encampment of 1901
- Women's Relief Corps
- Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Illinois National Guard
- Peoria Military Organization in the Spanish-American War |
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XVIII. - SECRET AND SOCIAL ORDERS |
417 - 426 |
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- Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons
- Organization of the Order in Illinois
- Local Lodges in Peoria County
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Lodge History and Organization |
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| CHAPTER
XIX. - SOCIAL LIFE |
427 - 441 |
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- Homes of Peoria
- Clubs and Club-Life
- Peoria Women's Club
- The Country Club
- Creve Coeur Club
- North Peoria Women's Club
- New Era Club
- Peoria Art League
- Music and Musicians
- Places of Amusement |
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| CHAPTER XX. - PERSONAL
SKETCHES (Editorial) - See
All Sketches |
442 |
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| CHAPTER XXI. -
PORTRAITS - City of Peoria (Will be attached to Biographies) |
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| CHAPTER XXII. - PERSONAL
SKETCHES - See All Sketches |
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PART THIRD - TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS
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| Chapter 1
- Akron Township |
645 |
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- Historical and
Political
- Educational and Religious
- Portrait of A. R. Allen
- Improvements and Industries
BIOGRAPHIES |
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Chapter 2
- Brimfield Township -
Started 8/14/2024 |
653 |
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- Churches
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter 3
- Chillicothe Township |
665 |
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- City of
Chillicothe
- Churches
- Schools
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter 4
- Elmwood Township |
677 |
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- City of Elmwood
- Coal Mining
- Manufactories
- Churches
- The Press
- Schools
BIOGRAPHIES: |
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| Chapter 5
- Hallock Township |
699 |
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- Villages
- Churches
- Schools
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter 6
- Hollis Township |
710 |
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- About Hollis
Township
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter 7
- Jubilee Township - By Cecil C. Moss |
721 |
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- About Jubilee
Township
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter 8
- Kickapoo Township |
725 |
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- Pottstown
- Kickapoo Town
- The Churches
- The Methodist Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Church
- The German Catholic Church
- The Baptist Church
- Edwards Station
- Coal Mining
- Schools
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter 9
- Limestone Township |
734 |
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- About Limestone
Township
- Schools
- Smithville
- Churches
- Christ Church (Episcopal)
- Limestone Methodist Episcopal Church
- The Presbyterian Church
- The German Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Schools
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter
10 - Logan Township |
744 |
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- About Logan
Township
- Churches
- The United Presbyterian Church
- The Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church
- The Hanna City Methodist Episcopal Church
- Salem Presbyterian Church
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter
11 - Medina Township |
753 |
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- Settlers
- Railroads
- Churches
- St. Joseph's Catholic Church
- Village of Alta
- Schools
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter
12 - Millbrook Township |
761 |
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- First Settlers
- Rochester
- Mills
- Education
- Religion
- The French Grove Presbyterian Church
- The Methodist Episcopal Church
- The Methodist Church
- The Christian Church
- The Congregational Church
- The Church of New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian)
- The First Sunday-school
- Commerce
- The Village of Laura
- Biographical
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter
13 - Princeville Township |
767 |
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- Railroad
- Monica
- "White's Grove"
- Schools
- Churches
- Presbyterian Church
- The Christian Church
- The Methodist Episcopal Church
- Newspapers
- Burying Ground
- Early Stone Queries
- Brick Yards
- Princeville Village
- The First Store
- Hotel Business
- Blacksmith
- First Doctors
- Postmasters
- Businesses, etc.
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter
14 - Radnor Township - By Napoleon
Dunlap |
791 |
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- Early Settlers
- Wildlife
- Lumber
- Farming
- First Election
- The only Post Office
- First Deaths
- First School
- Township Officers
- Land Valuations
- Village of Dunlap
- Churches
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter
15 - Richwoods Township |
808 |
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- Early Settlers
- Schools and Churches
- Public Highways
- Scenery - Town Statistics
- Villages
- Averyville
- Peoria Heights
- North Peoria
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter
16 - Rosefield Township |
819 |
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- Early Settlers
- Township Organization
- Churches
- Schools
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter
17 - Timber Township |
823 |
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- Early Settlers
- Domestic Habits and Conditions
- Schools
- Archaeology
- Immigration and Growth
- Township Organization
- The McCook Family
- The Civil War
BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Chapter
18 - Trivoli Township |
835 |
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- Schools
- Churches
- The Village of Trivoli
- The Village of Cramer
BIOGRAPHIES |
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