| Home |
| About Us |
|
Contact Us |
| Links |
|
News |
|
Newsletters |
| Photo
Album |
| |
|
click on thumbnails... |
Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Peoria County Court House
Square,
c. 1925 |
|
|
Monument honoring the first Peoria County Commissioners &
county officials: Nathan Dillon, Wm. Holland, Joseph Smith,
Wm. E. Phillips, Norman Hyde, John Dixon, and Samuel Fulton.
Dedicated June 12, 1935. Sponsored by Percival Rennick, Wm
Vicary (above at right), and others.
|
|
|
setting
the monument, April 18, 1935
Photos Courtesy of Peoria
Public Library |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percival Rennick's
Galena Trail & Coach Road, 1935
The Galena Trail hugged
the Illinois River north of Peoria,
and passed Al-Fresco Park.
The Peoria and Galena
Trail and Coach Road and the Peoria Neighborhood,
by Percival Graham Rennick,
Journal of the Illinois State Historical
Society, January, 1935, Vol. XXVII, No. 4.
This article is an interesting and
informative history of the Trail as well as
a Trail guide for travelers who wish to
trace or follow the old routes. Written in
1935, it is also a stunning reminder of just
how much our society and landscapes have
changed in the last 70 years.
(This article and its illustrations have
been reproduced with the permission of the
Illinois State Historical Society,
Springfield, IL.)
Rennick’s Maps, 1935
Plat of the Old French
Village of Peoria
Map of Ville de Maillet
Map of Wm S. Hamilton
Survey of Peoria, 1825 & 1826
And the Charles Ballance
Resurvey, 1831 & 1834
Peoria and Galena Rd. from
the old village
to the Peoria and Bureau
Valley right of Way
The Trail and Coach Road
from Grand View Pavilion to Northampton
The Galena Trail and Coach
Roads through the Hallock Hills
The Trail and Coach Road
from Peoria County Line to Dixon
The Trail and Coach Road
from Dixon to Galena
(Al-Fresco Park Postcard
reproduced courtesy of the Peoria Public
Library)
Copyright ©
Pat Goitein
All rights reserved
Webmaster: Janine Crandell |
|
|
