April 12, 2024
PEORIA Chillicothe Peoria Heights Bartonville Elmwood ILLINOIS IL 1ST Edition
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A collectible apparent first edition historical work, this is: STUDENTS' HISTORY OF PEORIA COUNTY ILLINOIS by George W. May Privately published in 1968 and surprisingly scarce from online booksellers. 4 3/4" by 7" hardcover (green cloth, gilt lettering & designs). 321 pages. CONTENTS: CHAPTER I Resources and People Area and Location - Surface and Drainage - Soils and Minerals - Geology - Climate and Rainfall - Flora and Fauna - Mound Builders - Indians - People - Government CHAPTER II Early French Peoria Joliet and Marquette - "We are all Savages" - Crevecoeur Controversy - Fort St. Louis - Hiatus CHAPTER III Rise and Fall of the French Old Peoria's Fort and Village - Maillet's Village - Close of Century - A Second Grand Pre - The French Claims CHAPTER IV Coming of the Americans Fort Clark Built - Opa Post - First American Settlers CHAPTER V Three Decades of Peoria History Peoria County Organized - Early Settlement - Early Roads and Ferries - Early Industries - Three Wars - The Peoria Party - Bid for State Capital CHAPTER VI Peoria County in the Civil War CHAPTER VII The Democratic Political Tradition to 1900 Ante-Bellum Politics - Post War and Local - Search for Causes - Lincoln in Peoria CHAPTER VIII Filling in the Map (Peoria Heights; Chillicothe; Elmwood; Bartonville; Princeville; Dunlap; Brimfield; North Chillicothe; Kingston;
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