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city of Peoria
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…city is named for the Peoria Indians, one of the five tribes in the Illinois confederacy, who had long inhabited the area before European settlement. Peoria is one of the state’s oldest settled locations. The French under René-Robert Cavelier, sieur (lord) de La Salle, built Fort Crèvecoeur (“Broken Heart”) on…
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