Excerpt from Peoria City and County Illinois, Vol. 1: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement Selection OF A site for and erection OF A court house - circuit court jails - the first court house, so-called, A log cabin - the first build ing erected BY the county A brick structure - the second court house - county infirmary - home for the insane - county officers 105. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.