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The last Rock Island train out of the station was the Peoria Rocket in 1978, of the company's Rock Island Rockets series. After the end of train service, the building became known as River Station, and has been a restaurant, and afterwards a set of restaurants and bars. Currently the building is occupied by Martinis On Water Street, and The ...
WFYR (97.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format [2] and licensed for Elmwood, Illinois, United States, in the Peoria area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media, [3] which purchased the station from Townsquare Media. [4]
Peoria Union Station was a passenger rail hub for north-central Illinois, in Peoria, Illinois. Built in the Second Empire architecture style, it was located on Depot Street, between State and Oak Streets, near the Illinois River . [ 1 ]
The Peoria and Rock Island Railroad was a railroad of 91-mile (146 km) in length, located in the U.S. state of Illinois. It provided service between the two cities listed in its corporate name. [ 1 ] Chartered on March 7, 1867, it was built between 1867 and 1871 and first provided passenger service between these two cities on July 8, 1871. [ 2 ]
Peoria's downtown post office and riverfront Gateway Building are two potential sites for an Amtrak station. Either location would drastically change the makeup of the Central Business District.
Burlington, Monmouth and Illinois River Railway: MSTL: 1875 1881 Peoria and Farmington Railway: Burlington Northern Inc. BN 1970 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad: BN 1981 1996 BNSF Railway: Cairo and St. Louis Railroad: GM&O: 1865 1881 St. Louis and Cairo Railroad: Cairo Terminal Railroad: CTML 1982 1996 Shawnee ...
The Peoria Rivermen got a hat trick from captain Alec Hagaman to beat the Huntsville Havoc, 6-4, in Game 2 of the SPHL Finals on Saturday. 'Two great warrior teams': How the Rivermen won Game 2 ...
Peoria is the oldest European settlement in Illinois, as explorers first ventured up the Illinois River from the Mississippi. The lands that eventually would become Peoria were first settled by Europeans in 1680, when French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Henri de Tonti constructed Fort Crevecoeur. [7]