Peru is a city in LaSalle and Bureau counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,896 at the 2020 census, down from 10,295 at the 2010 census...

in Peru, Illinois. Charles Stahlberg and others from Waterbury, Connecticut, formed the "United Clock Company" on December 5, 1885, in Peru, Illinois, intending...

to: Peru, Illinois Peru, Indiana Old Peru, Iowa, also called Peru Peru, Kansas Peru, Maine Peru, Massachusetts Peru, Missouri Peru, Nebraska Peru State...

Christian Academy, Ottawa St. Bede Academy, Peru Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby Amtrak (Illinois Zephyr, Carl Sandburg, and Southwest Chief)...

from 9,609 at the 2010 census. LaSalle and its twin city, Peru, make up the core of the Illinois Valley. Due to their combined dominance of the zinc processing...

Illinois, a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. LPHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of LaSalle, Peru, Oglesby...

a resident of Peru, Illinois. Ladd was originally named Laddville. The Ladd mine went bankrupt in 1901 and was purchased by the Illinois Third Vein Coal...

after the town of Arlington, New York. Arlington was about the size of Peru, Illinois. On November 13, 1909, a fire in a mine shaft killed 259 miners, young...

publisher with offices in Chicago and LaSalle, Illinois. It is part of the Carus Publishing Company of Peru, Illinois. Open Court was founded in 1887 by Edward...

area consisting of three counties in north central Illinois, anchored by the city of Ottawa. Peru (until 2020) and Streator (until 2013) are former primary...

Nora Kirkpatrick Born Peru, Illinois Occupation(s) Writer, Director, Musician Years active 2005–present...

the Vermilion River. It provided coal to its owners, the Illinois Zinc Company in Peru, Illinois. The surface ground layers around Oglesby had excellent...

(154 km) from the Chicago River in Bridgeport, Chicago to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru. The canal crossed the Chicago Portage, and helped establish...

Scouting and Camp Fire. In 1922, the Radium Dial Company (RDC) moved from Peru, Illinois to a former high school building in Ottawa. The company employed hundreds...

Chicago, Peterborough, New Hampshire and Peru, Illinois. Its Peterborough office was closed June 30, 2015. Its Peru offices have closed as well,[when?] and...

Peru schools may refer to: Education in Peru, relating to Peru in South America Peru Elementary School District 124, Peru, Illinois Peru Community Schools...

Japanese Peruvians (Spanish: peruano-japonés or nipo-peruano; Japanese: 日系ペルー人, Nikkei Perūjin) are Peruvian citizens of Japanese origin or ancestry. Peru has...

attempt to settle the community took place in 1853, by some residents of Peru, Illinois. However, troops from Fort Kearny forced them to leave because Nebraska...

by E. R. Cutler, president of the town company, for his hometown of Peru, Illinois. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total...

married John Morris in Ottawa, Illinois. They subsequently settled in Peru, Illinois where she gave birth to a son John in 1849 and twins Robert and Edward...

(1990). The Reactionary Imperative: Essays Literary and Political. Peru, Illinois: Sherwood Sugden. p. 129. Quoted in Murphy 2001, p. 233. Bradford, M...

Peruvian cuisine reflects local practices and ingredients including influences mainly from the indigenous population, including the Inca, and cuisines...

Peru, Illinois where he became a clerk in the hardware store owned by A. L. Shepard. In 1874 he started work as a machinist's apprentice at the Peru Plow...

Peru and Spring Valley. In southeastern Bureau County it turns south at an area known as the "Great Bend", flowing southwest across western Illinois,...

(1887–Present) Time Telegraph Company (1883–1887) United Clock Company; Peru, Illinois (1853–1887) Waltham Aircraft Clock Corporation; since 1994 in Ozark...

settlers came from Peru, Illinois. The Nebraska Territorial Legislature chartered the school on February 12, 1866, under the name Peru Seminary and College...

international acclaim for her skill and virtuosity. Powell was born in Peru, Illinois. Her mother was Wilhelmina "Minnie" Bengelstraeter Powell, and her father...

and his son-in-law, Charles J. Devlin. Charles Devlin had lived in Peru, Illinois as the manager of the Union Coal Company in LaSalle. They conceived...

dials for clocks, their largest client being Westclox Corporation in Peru, Illinois. Dials painted in Ottawa appeared on Westclox's popular Big Ben, Baby...

critical role in how he composed and performed music. Confrey was born in Peru, Illinois, the youngest child of Thomas and Margaret Confrey. Aspiring to be a...