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East Peoria Elem School Dist company history timeline

1835

Ten Mile School appears to be the first schoolhouse in the area – existing in 1835.

1846

Groveland Township’s first Township School Trustees were appointed on January 3, 1846 and in May of that year distributed funds from the sale of public school lands.

1848

Captain Cole, who had grown wealthy as a merchant, steamboat captain and distiller, built the first toll bridge in 1848, connecting the two shores, and eventually moved to the east side.

1855

The first recorded evidence of school property is the donation of ground by Adam and Jacob Fun and Davis Schertz in 1855 where Central Junior High School now sits.

1865

Fondulac Township School Trustees – 1865 – Joseph Schertz, Leonard Williams, Frederick M. Wiles

1870

The first record of a referendum for school construction in the area occurred in 1870 for the construction of a new Central School in East Peoria.

1877

Groveland Township School Trustees – 1877 – B. F. Harris, Joseph Strickfaden, William R. Espy

1882

Ogle Trust – Trust in the amount of $12,500 was set up by David Ogle in 1882.

1884

In July 1884, the residents of Bluetown and Coleville incorporated under the name of Hilton.

1901

Access to and from East Peoria was improved with the paving of the first road in 1901.

1905

Then in 1905, streetcars began operation.

1909

The Holt Manufacturing Company bought out Colean in 1909, but continued to manufacture heavy equipment.

1919

In July 1884, the residents of Bluetown and Coleville incorporated under the name of Hilton. It was changed to the City of East Peoria and the commission form of government adopted in April 1919.

1925

Heavy manufacturing began with the Colean Manufacturing Company in 1902, followed by the R. Herschel Manufacturing Company in 1903. Its continuous track tractor proved to be valuable both at home and in Europe during World War I. Holt combined with the C.L. Best Tractor Company of California in 1925 and this union resulted in the formation of the Caterpillar Tractor Company in East Peoria, now known worldwide as Caterpillar Inc.

1927

Although the city had diked its creeks, the flood of 1927 caused severe damage.

1930

1930 – George F. McClellan, Harry Mooberry, John J. Eller

1939

1939 – Homer Hurst, Harry Mooberry, J.J. Eller

1948

Other floods occurred until the United States Corps of Engineers and the East Peoria Sanitary District began a flood control program in 1948.

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