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About Peoria Illinois, IL
Peoria is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, and the largest city on the Illinois River. Established in 1691 by the French explorer Henri de Tonti, Peoria is the oldest European settlement in Illinois, and is named after the Peoria tribe. Peoria is one of the oldest settlements in Illinois, as explorers first ventured up the Illinois River from the Mississippi. The lands that eventually would become Peoria were first settled in 1680, when French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Henri de Tonti constructed Fort Crevecoeur. Peoria, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, was named after Peoria, Illinois because the two men who founded it in 1890 − Joseph B. Greenhut and Deloss S. Brown − wished to name it after their hometown. Peoria’s downtown area includes corporate, governmental, convention, educational, and medical facilities. It is also home to the Peoria Civic Center, Theatres, and Dozer Park, as well as an arts, dining, and entertainment area near the riverfront. The downtown area now also includes high-rise residential developments such as condominia, apartments, and riverfront lofts. Some of these were office buildings and warehouses converted to residential use. The city of Peoria is home to a United States courthouse, the Peoria Civic Center which includes Carver Arena, and the world headquarters for Caterpillar Inc. was based in Peoria for over 110 years until announcing their move to Deerfield, IL in late 2017. Medicine has become a major part of Peoria’s economy. In addition to three major hospitals, the USDA’s National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, formerly called the USDA Northern Regional Research Lab, is located in Peoria. This is the lab where mass production of penicillin was developed. Grandview Drive, which Theodore Roosevelt purportedly called the “world’s most beautiful drive” during a 1910 visit, runs through Peoria and Peoria Heights. In addition to Grandview Drive, the Peoria Park District boasts 9,000 acres of parks and trails. In particular, the Illinois River Bluff Trail connects four Peoria Park District parks: Camp Wokanda, Robinson Park, Green Valley Camp, and Detweiller Park, and the Rock Island Greenway 13 miles connects to the State of Illinois Rock Island trail traveling north to Toulon, IL and also connects southeast to East Peoria, IL and to the Morton Community Bikeway. Museums in Peoria include the Pettengill-Morron House, the John C Flanagan House of the Peoria Historical Society, and the Wheels o’ Time Museum. A new Museum Square, opened on October 12, 2012, houses the Peoria Riverfront Museum, a planetarium, and the Caterpillar World Visitors Center. The Peoria Art Guild hosts the Annual Art Fair, which is continually rated as one of the 100 top art fairs in the nation. Peoria Symphony Orchestra is the 10th oldest in the nation. Peoria is also home to the Peoria Municipal Band, the Peoria Area Civic Chorale, the Central Illinois Youth Symphony, and the Peoria Ballet. Several community and professional theaters have their home in and around Peoria, including the Peoria Players, which is the fourth-oldest community theater in the nation and the oldest in Illinois.
If you are sending a gift basket to a teacher or student keep in mind that the end of a typical school day is around 3:pm so please keep this in mind when sending gift baskets to a school and remember to place your order early.
Send a get well gift basket to a patient staying at any health care facility located in Peoria to cheer them up with some healthy fruit and bright balloons.
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We deliver daily to all Peoria hospitals, cemeteries, nursing homes, schools, mortuaries, and funeral homes for funerals, memorial services and celebration of life ceremonies. We also deliver to all local businesses, hotels and convention centers in and surrounding Peoria.
Cities Near Peoria: East Peoria, Morton, Washington, Canton, Normal, Bloomington, Lincoln, Kewanee, Galesburg, Streator, Peru, La Salle, Pontiac, Ottawa, IL.
Zip codes in Peoria:
61525, 61528, 61601, 61602, 61603, 61604, 61605, 61606, 61607, 61612, 61613, 61614, 61615, 61616, 61625, 61629, 61630, 61633, 61634, 61636, 61637, 61638, 61639, 61643, 61650, 61651, 61652, 61653, 61654, 61655, 61656.
Our Peoria Gift Basket Company and flower shop local florist offers the world’s largest selection of handcrafted gift baskets and flower for same day delivery in Peoria or shipping nationwide.
We deliver flowers and balloons daily to all hospitals, veterans hospitals, funeral homes, cemeteries, mortuaries, nursing homes and convalescent hospitals in Peoria including:
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave, Peoria, IL 61637 (309) 655-2000
Children’s Hospital of Illinois, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave, Peoria, IL 61637 (309) 655-7171
Wright & Salmon Mortuary, 2416 N. North Street, Peoria, IL 61604 (309) 688-4441
Wilton Mortuary, 2101 N Knoxville Ave, Peoria, IL 61603 (309) 688-2454
Lutheran Hillside Village Senior Living 6901 N Galena Rd, Peoria, IL 61614 (309) 692-4600
Courtyard Estates of Peoria, 117 N Western Ave, Peoria, IL 61604 (309) 674-2400
Bradley University, 1501 W Bradley Ave, Peoria, IL. 61625 (309) 676-7611
Our Peoria Gift Basket Company and flower shop local florist offers the world’s largest selection of handcrafted gift baskets and flower for same day delivery in Peoria or shipping nationwide.
We deliver to all Hospitals in Peoria including:
Kindred Hospital Peoria, Children’s Hospital of Illinois, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Unity Point Health Methodist, UnityPoint Health – Proctor, UnityPoint Health – Methodist, UnityPoint Clinic – Pediatrics, OSF Medical Group: Executive Drive Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, OSF Medical Group: Knoxville Avenue Pediatrics, UnityPoint Clinic – Neurology, OSF Medical Group: Glen Park Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, HeartCare Midwest: Peoria, OSF Forest Park, OSF PromptCare: Glen Park, Illinois Neurological Institute (INI), Illinois Cardiac Surgery.
We deliver to all Cemeteries, Mortuaries and Funeral Homes in Peoria including:
Davison-Fulton-Woolsey-Wilton Funeral Home, Cumerford-Hurd Funeral Home, Davison-Fulton Woodland Chapel, Simons Mortuary, Wilton Mortuary, T W Parks Colonial Chapel, Schmidt-Haller Burial and Cremation Service, Gary Deiters Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Wright & Salmon Mortuary, Remmert Funeral Home, Parkview CemeteryMorgan Jones Mortuary Services.
We deliver to all schools and colleges in Peoria including:
Illinois Central College, Midstate College, Illinois Central College, North Campus, Methodist College, Illinois Central College, North Campus, Illinois Central College – Peoria Downtown Campus, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, ICC Peoria – Cedar Hall, Robert Morris University – Peoria, Bradley University Hillel.