Caterpillar is why you could walk down Main, Adams or Monroe streets in Peoria and meet people from China, Germany and Nigeria. Peoria has been proud to be the town that sends strong machines to farm and mine the world. In 2015, the company said it would even expand its Peoria world headquarters. But now they say business has changed. ...
What's the caterpillar employee mixed chorus doing in Peoria?
In this 2017 photo, the Caterpillar Employee Mixed Chorus sings holiday songs as guests celebrate a "Light up the Holidays" event in 2017 at the Doug Oberhelman Caterpillar Visitors Center in downtown Peoria. Peoria wasn't always a company town. ...
What is the history of Caterpillar-Peoria?
There were many great days in Caterpillar-Peoria history. During World War II, 191 Peorians, including 158 Caterpillar employees, shipped out as a group to the jungles of Burma, forming Caterpillar's own 497th Engineer Heavy Shop Co. The company's task? ...
What's happened in Peoria?
It's been a hard week in Peoria. William Ryan Owens, the Navy Seal who was killed in a raid in Yemen, was from Peoria, Ill. Defense Secretary James Mattis said, "He gave his full measure for our nation." And the Caterpillar company announced that after more than 90 years, it is moving its world headquarters from Peoria to Chicago. ...
