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Peru, Illinois

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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A city of La Salle county, Illinois, U.S.A., in the north-central part of the state, on the N. bank of the Illinois River, about ioo m. S.W. of Chicago and i m. W. of La Salle, a terminus of the Illinois & Michigan Canal. Pop. (Iwo), 6863 (2095 foreign-born); (1910), 7984. It is served by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railways. The city is built on the face and top of a series of river bluffs. It is the seat of St Bede College (Roman Catholic, opened in 1891), conducted by Benedictine fathers. In a large public park there is a bronze monument in memory of the soldiers of Peru who died in the Civil War. There are extensive coal-mines in the vicinity; and the city includes various manufactures. Peru was first settled about 1827, was incorporated in 1845, and re-incorporated in 1890.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Peru, Illinois'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/peru-illinois.html. 1910.
 
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