Streator, Illinois
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Streator is a city in LaSalle and Livingston counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city is situated on the Vermilion River approximately 81 miles southwest of Chicago in the prairie and farm lan
A relief of Ralph Plumb in Streator City Park
Majestic Theatre in Streator, Illinois
Buildings in downtown Streator
The Silas Williams House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Worthy S. Streator
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Worthy Stevens Streator was an American physician, railroad developer, industrialist and entrepreneur after whom the city of Streator, Illinois, is named. He was instrumental in the creation of the At
Streator, Illinois
…watched loaded animals struggle up the river's banks. Another name for the new settlement was "Unionville". Streator received its current name to honor Worthy S. Streator, an Ohio industrialist who financed the region's first coal mining operation. Streator received a town charter in 1868 and incorporated as a city in…
The Streator Public Library, a Carnegie library listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Worthy Streator's mansion was located on "Millionaires' Row.