CSPAN3 American History TV In Peoria IL October 16, 2016
Illinois. Located on the Illinois River, today, it is one of the largest cities in the state and home to the headquarters of caterpillar. It came from when the owner to tested his tractor as it was moving through the field, and the press was there. One of the reporters of that, said it look like a caterpillar moving across the field. Everyone starting calling the machines caterpillars. Announcer 2 but it was known as the whiskey capital of the world. Whiskey was king in the early 1900s. There was 73 different distilleries and 43 breweries, not at the same time, but that many. Announcer 2 with ...