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Peoria (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 41 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.6833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 089 35 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -89.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Illinois River at Peoria Lake; French built fort on bluffs opposite present city in 1680, but was plundered & abandoned; other settlements followed; community developed as county seat from 1820s; Lincoln denounced slavery here in 1854. |
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| Peoria (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named by the French for one of the 5 Amerindian tribes in the Illinois Confederacy |
| Fort Clark (H,V)
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............ | name of fort on this site, named for revolutionary War general George Rogers Clark after 1813 |
| Fort-Crèvecoeur (H,V)
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............ | name of original French settlement |
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Peoria (county) (P) |
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Peoria (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Amerindians had settlements in area; settled by French in 1680 |
| agricultural center (C) |
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for surrounding corn & livestock-producing area, supports brewing & distilling industries |
| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1845 |
| county seat (C) |
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since 1825 |
| cultural center (C) |
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has theater & center for arts & sciences |
| educational center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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home of Caterpillar Tractor Company, also produces earth-moving equipment, trailers, steel, wire, paper products & chemicals |
| port (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| fort (H) |
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Fort Crévecoeur was established by French in 1680 & destroyed later the same year; Fort Clark was built in 1813 |
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