The stories of Peoria County, IL
8 narrated audio stories from across Peoria County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
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Peoria’s Long Argument With Vice
A river city’s prosperity fed vice, and reformers kept trying to shut it down.
Grand View Drive
The Drive That Learned to Speak in Superlatives
How a blufftop road and a famous visitor became inseparable in Peoria memory.
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When Peoria Reached the Final Four Twice
How Bradley twice carried Peoria onto college basketball’s biggest stage.
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When Bradley Woke Up Peoria
A No. 13 seed jolts a city and revives an old basketball memory.
Peoria County Courthouse
When Peoria Built in Stone
A courthouse that turned county confidence into architecture.
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A Winter Outpost for a Continental Gamble
La Salle’s Peoria winter camp served a far bigger dream.
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Richard Pryor’s First Stage Was a Peoria Brothel
How Pryor’s Peoria childhood shaped one of comedy’s most powerful voices.
Fort Crevecoeur Park
Broken Heart on the Illinois
A frontier fort rises with ambition and collapses in mutiny.
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