PEORIA

CITY AND COUNTY

ILLINOIS

A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and

Achievement

By COL. JAMES M. RICE

Local history is the ultimate substance of national history-Wilson

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME I

CHICAGO

THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY

1912

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