
Postmark Peoria
An occasional series on WCBU looking back at the stories and people who brought Greater Peoria to where it is today. Postmark Peoria is a co-production of WCBU, Steve Tarter and Mike Sabol.
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What if Charles Lindbergh had completed the first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 in a plane labeled the Spirit of Peoria instead of the Spirit of St. Louis?
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Some of the changes wrought by the pandemic—remote work, online classes and entertainment streams—are probably here to stay, said Paul Gullifor, a professor of communications at Bradley University for the past 34 years.
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When Lydia Moss Bradley started Bradley Polytechnic Institute in 1896, she enlisted the help of one of the nation’s leading educators in William Rainey Harper.
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Like other multinational corporations, Caterpillar Inc. maintains an extensive archive of records and materials that date back to the years before the company was formed in 1925.
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James Agbara Bryson is coming off a banner year in 2021 when more people heard about his illustrious ancestor.
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R.G. LeTourneau was persuaded to come to Peoria in 1935 by the Caterpillar Tractor Co. because he had developed an attachment that moved the blade on the Caterpillar bulldozer.
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An annual display of Peoria history is hot off the presses. The 2022 CityLink historical calendar is now available.
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Six months after taking over as executive director of the Peoria Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, J.D. Dalfonso watched the central Illinois hospitality industry shut down, just as it did across the country and around the world.
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When Monica Vest Wheeler was let go by the Observer, a Peoria weekly, in 1992, she said that “It turned out that it was the best thing that ever happened to me.”
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If you take a cruise on the Spirit of Peoria riverboat you’ll hear a recording provided by Brian “Fox” Ellis with background on the Illinois River.