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Pimiteoui, meaning “fat lake,” was the Illinois Indian name for Peoria Lake. Jolliet and Marquette passed here in 1673. Established near the lake were Ft. Crévecoeur in 1680, Ft. St. Louis in 1691-92, Old Peorias Fort and village in 1730, Peorias in 1778, Ft. Clark in 1813, and the French trading house “Opa Post” before 1818. Americans settled on the site of the city of Peoria in 1819.
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Peoria Heights, Illinois · United States
