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Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

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Peru is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,295 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area. Peru and its twin city, LaSalle, make up the core of Illinois Valley.

History:

The city's first settler was John Hays, who arrived in 1830. The city was organized as a borough in 1838, and was officially incorporated as a city on March 13, 1851. The original plat was between West Street, 4th Street, and East Street (now Pine Street).

Since the first steamboat, "Traveler" reached Peru in 1831, Peru had high hopes of being the western terminus for the Illinois & Michigan Canal. That designation went to LaSalle, but Peru became a busy steamboat port at the head of navigation on the Illinois River. Captain McCormick was involved in the Five Day Line, making record fast trips between Peru and St. Louis. Senator Gilson reported to land surveyor, Grenville Dodge that the town would soon outstrip Chicago due to its favorable location along the river and railroads.

Water Street was a thin ribbon sandwiched between the bluff and the river and a large industrial district grew up to the east. It was along the river and the canal and was serviced by the Rock Island Railroad and Chicago Burlington and Quincy. These important transportation routes, along with coal mining in at least four mines lasting from at least 1857 until 1949, prompted Peru's rise to and industrial center. Many entrepreneurs grew into prominent businessman and advanced the interests of Peru and the region. Prominent Companies from that time included Maze Lumber, Maze Nails, Peru Plow and Wheel Works, Huse and Loomis Ice Co, Brunner Foundry.

Star Union Brewery, Hebel Brewery, Illinois Zinc (Peru and LaSalle were sometimes referred to as "Zinc City") and many others. Peru's citizens were bent on improving their town even constructing a plank road, northwest of town, a toll road meant to reach Dixon, Illinois. Peru's story became a story of two levels. The story of Water Street and the bottoms and the town growing above the bluff. Peru tried hard to link the two. For example, the Peru Horse and Dummy Railroad was driven to dissolution by the city's impossible mandate that it create a loop from Water Street to the upper bluff.

In 1884, Stahlberg started the United Clock Company in Peru. Shortly after it went bankrupt and was reorganized with the help of Frederick William Matthiessen as the Western Clock Company. By 1905 it had grown into a national company, producing over 1 million alarm clocks per year. In 1909, they trademarked "Westclox". In 1917 they became a model for workers' benefits, one of the early companies to pay life insurance and have a safety committee, later limiting the work week and building a company park with tennis court and horseshoe courts, school for watchmakers, and scholarships. The company also developed housing for its workers. In 1935 it was the safest company in the nation with 11 million hours without a lost time accident. Despite these advances, one company that they worked with, the Radium Dial Company, saw its employees get radiation poisoning from working with radium.

During World War II the company made mechanical fuses for the government and saw over 600 employees in the armed forces. At its height it manufacture nearly 2 million clocks and watches annually and employed over 4,000. It closed the Peru factory in 1980, causing a rapid decline in population in LaSalle and Peru.

Geburt

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Geburt		Personen-Kennung
1	Baumetz, Louisa Alma Elsie	17 Okt 1901	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	I160554
2	Brauning, Leopold	3 Okt 1867	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	I5466
3	Peters, Elaine R.	30 Aug 1920	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	I161096
4	Schreiner, Nicholas	25 Feb 1867	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	I125858

Tod

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Tod		Personen-Kennung
1	Gillan, Lucille C.	23 Jun 2012	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	I160999
2	Hassler, Edna Katherine	18 Aug 1925	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	I160983
3	Pinter, Anna Julia	Jun 1972	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	I160969
4	Pinter, Rose Katherine	2 Jan 2015	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	I161015
5	Rossmann, Dorothy M.	17 Jun 2012	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	I160980

Eheschließung

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	Familie	Eheschließung		Familien-Kennung
1	Fenoglio / Hassler	3 Sep 1939	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	F53050
2	Fetzer / Fouth	16 Mrz 1952	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	F53072
3	Fouth / Hahn	2 Sep 1926	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	F53071
4	Pinter / Hahn	11 Aug 1946	Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA	F53084