On July 5, 1918, the steamboat Columbia sank upstream
from this spot near what was then Wesley City. What began
as one of the season's premier social events ended in tragedy.
The Pekin South Side Social Club sponsored the . . . — — Map (db m253050) HM
One of 175 Civil War regiments that gave African-American men the
chance to fight for the Union, the 29th U.S. Colored Infantry was
organized April 24, 1864, and dismissed Nov. 6, 1865. With 2072 men from
Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin, it was . . . — — Map (db m253003) HM
In 1837, James Pendergast bought this lot in Mackinaw at what was then the intersection of Monroe and Market Streets. In 1843, he began hauling lumber from Pekin for an addition to the existing home, which when completed would become a one and a . . . — — Map (db m308465) HM
Norman Purple d.1863 Peoria attorney and judge; appointed Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court in 1846; compiled the general statutes of the state, known as the Purple Statutes. Vista Hill F3
Charles Ballance d.1874 Pioneer . . . — — Map (db m185720) HM
You are standing on the site of a cabin built by John Keifer in 1824. John Keifer (1802- 1863) and his wife Elizabeth Donnel (1805- 1865), daughter of surveyor Jonathan Donnel, resided here until 1830. That year the family moved to another farm . . . — — Map (db m299338) HM
William Henry ‘Bill’ Costley was the oldest son of Benjamin and Nance (Legins)
Costley and was born 1840 in Pekin. Born into indentured servitude with his two
older sisters Amanda and Eliza Jane, they and their mother had their freedom
confirmed . . . — — Map (db m253035) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
