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Podcast #8 – Peoria: A Brief History

Posted on 27. Jun, 2009 by ATLAS.

Standing atop Grand View Drive visitors can see what the Native Americans must have seen 12,000 years ago when they first discovered the lush river valley of Peoria. In 1910, President Teddy Roosevelt coined the phrase, World’s Most Beautiful Drive, when he visited Peoria and toured the two and half miles of Grand View Drive.

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Podcast #5 – Emma Abbott

Posted on 27. Jun, 2009 by ATLAS.

Emma Abbott was a nineteenth century world-renown singer with a lovely soprano voice. She toured the United States and Europe with her own very successful opera company. The Abbott English Opera Company was known for its elaborate costumes and Emma was known for her outstanding voice and great showmanship. Perhaps her most famous role was that of “Yum Yum” in the Mikado.

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Podcast #1 – Candace Reed

Posted on 21. Jun, 2009 by ATLAS.

Mrs. Warren A. Reed, also known as Candace McCormick Reed was born on June 17, 1818 in Crab Orchard, Tennessee. Her father was Jourdain M. McCormick., son of James McCormick who was a close relative of Cyrus H. McCormick the inventor of the reaper. Much is not known of Mrs. Reed’s mother except she was the granddaughter of William A. Vardeman and of the Vardeman’s from Kentucky. Candace McCormick married Warren A. Reed in 1842.

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