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30-557: Three Rivers Conference may refer to: Three Rivers Conference (Illinois) , USA; school sports conferences Three Rivers Conference (Indiana) , USA; school sports conferences Three Rivers Conference (Minnesota) Three Rivers Conference (Ohio) Other uses [ edit ] Three Rivers District (VHSL) , Virginia, USA; a school sports conference See also [ edit ] Three Rivers (disambiguation) Three Rivers School District (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

60-494: A plank road , northwest of town, a toll road meant to reach Dixon, Illinois . Peru's story became a story of two levels. The story of Water Street and the bottoms, and the town growing above the bluff. Peru tried hard to link the two. For example, the Peru Horse and Dummy Railroad was driven to dissolution by the city's impossible mandate that it create a loop from Water Street to the upper bluff. In 1884, Stahlberg started

90-550: A co-operative, participated in the football-exclusive Big Rivers Conference . In early 2012, it was announced that Orion , Rockridge , Sherrard , all former members of the Olympic Conference, and Princeton accepted an invitation for full membership in the Three Rivers Conference at the start of the 2013-14 school year. These four schools, along with Hall, Kewanee, and St. Bede Academy make up

120-696: A conference champion. Because the Big Rivers Conference and the Three Rivers Conference, co-operatives excepted, consist of the same member schools with this most recent expansion, the decision was made to drop the Big Rivers name in favor of the longer-standing Three Rivers Conference. See the Big Rivers Conference article for information about its history, achievements, and participating schools. (Co-op with Prophetstown) (Co-op with Erie) West Carroll (2005) Prior to

150-450: A safety committee. Later on, they limited the work week, constructed a company park with a tennis court and horseshoe courts, developed workers' housing, and established a school for watchmakers with provision for scholarships. In 1935 it was the safest company in the nation, with 11 million hours without a lost time accident. During World War II the company made mechanical fuses for the government and had more than 600 of its employees enter

180-581: Is also home to the Westclox Museum. The building caught fire on July 14, 2023. As of 2021, Peru has a total area of 10.12 square miles (26.21 km ), of which 9.986 square miles (25.86 km ) (or 98.68%) is land and 0.134 square miles (0.35 km ) (or 1.32%) is water. Located on the Illinois River, Peru lies 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the intersection of two major interstate highways: Interstate 39 and Interstate 80 . The city

210-514: Is also the western terminus of the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal . Before the Illinois Waterway was constructed, the Illinois River was navigable only up to Peru. Starved Rock State Park , a regional tourist attraction, is located 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of the community. Peru has a twin city on its eastern edge, LaSalle . As of the 2020 census there were 9,896 people, 4,482 households, and 2,760 families residing in

240-738: Is at the intersection of I-80 and IL-251 . Then there are three smaller districts along the US-6 Corridor, including Peru's downtown. The largest employers in Peru are the Peru Mall , the Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Walmart , James Hardie , Officemax , the American Nickeloid, Liberty Village, Double D Express, Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Eakas, Target , and Horizon Industries . Peru

270-508: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Three Rivers Conference (Illinois) Sources:IHSA Conferences, IHSA Coop Teams, and IHSA Member Schools Directory The Three Rivers Conference formed in 1975, and was largely the result of the dissolution of two conferences that had also included high schools in Iowa. Fulton, Morrison, Riverdale, Savanna and Sterling Newman had been part of

300-500: Is the home of at least three very old companies. It is the national headquarters of American Nickeloid, started in 1898, and the W.H. Maze Co, dealing in lumber and nails, which started the year the Illinois and Michigan Canal opened in 1848. Maze Nails is one of America's last remaining nail makers. Peru is home to the offices of Carus Chemical Company, started in 1915, today one of the largest manufacturers of potassium permanganate in

330-503: The 2010 census . It is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area . Peru and its twin city, LaSalle , make up the core of Illinois Valley. The city's first settler was John Hays, who arrived in 1830. The city was organized as a borough in 1838, incorporated as a village February 25, 1845, and incorporated as a city on March 13, 1851. The original plat was between West Street, 4th Street, and East Street (now Pine Street). Since

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360-553: The Big Rivers Conference are counted. Boys Golf Boys Track Boys Cross Country Girls Cross Country Boys Football * Participating in Big Rivers Conference **Participating in NCIC Boys Wrestling Softball Peru, Illinois Peru is a city in LaSalle and Bureau counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,896 at the 2020 census , down from 10,295 at

390-567: The Illowa Conference along with Iowa schools North Scott of Eldridge , Central Clinton of De Witt , and St. Mary's High School of Clinton . Erie and Prophetstown were members of a league with the Iowa-based Pleasant Valley , Camanche and Northeast of Goose Lake . The seven Illinois schools joined with Amboy to form the new TRAC-8 conference. Throughout the conference's history, alignment changes included

420-556: The United Clock Company in Peru. Shortly afterward, it went bankrupt and was reorganized with the help of Frederick William Matthiessen as the Western Clock Company. By 1905 it had grown into a national company, producing over 1 million alarm clocks per year. In 1909, they trademarked " Westclox ". In 1917 they became a model for workers' benefits, one of the early companies to pay life insurance and have

450-611: The armed forces. At its height it manufactured nearly 2 million clocks and watches annually and employed over 4,000 persons. It closed the Peru factory in 1980; the loss of jobs caused a rapid decline in population in LaSalle and Peru. Today the old Westclox Administration Building is now the headquarter for the Carus Corporation and the rest of the Westclox complex is being redeveloped into a commercial center. The building

480-493: The basis for Peru's rise to an industrial center. Many entrepreneurs grew into prominent businessmen and advanced the interests of Peru and the region. Prominent companies from that time included Maze Lumber, Maze Nails, Peru Plow and Wheel Works, Huse and Loomis Ice Co, Brunner Foundry, Star Union Brewery, Hebel Brewery, Illinois Zinc (Peru and LaSalle were sometimes referred to as "Zinc City") and many others. Peru's citizens were intent on improving their town, so far as constructing

510-402: The city was $ 52,635, and the median income for a family was $ 73,477. Males had a median income of $ 50,645 versus $ 24,706 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 34,268. About 6.3% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 22.9% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over. There are a number of business districts in Peru. The largest

540-429: The city. The population density was 977.87 inhabitants per square mile (377.56/km ). There were 4,825 housing units at an average density of 476.78 per square mile (184.09/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 86.86% White , 1.31% African American , 0.21% Native American , 1.75% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 2.68% from other races , and 7.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.43% of

570-752: The conference and joined the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference for the 2016-17 school year. Following the 2021 season, Fulton also left to join the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference, however, Mendota and Monmouth-Roseville, who had been playing football within the conference since 2016, joined the conference fully as their replacement. Current members Bureau Valley, Erie-Prophetstown, Kewanee, Mendota, Monmouth-Roseville, Morrison, Orion, Peru St. Bede, Princeton, Riverdale, Rockridge, Sherrard, Spring Valley Hall, and Sterling Newman. The divisions in

600-614: The conference are geographically set. In 2024, Morrison is the third team from the conference to migrate to the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference, joining Amboy and Fulton. This move, however will refresh the rivalry between Fulton and Morrison, the Battle for the Wooden Shoe . The Three Rivers Conference dropped football from 1999 until the 2013-14 school year. During this hiatus, the league offered championships in other sports, and member schools, either independently or as part of

630-873: The conference. In order to maintain competition, the teams from the Three Rivers' football programs including: Amboy, Erie, Fulton, Morrison, Sterling Newman, Prophetstown, Riverdale, and Savanna joined the ranks of Tri-County Conference schools Peru St. Bede, Bureau Valley, Ottawa Marquette, Eureka, and Bradford (now Stark County High School) to make up the newly formed Big Rivers Conference's Illinois Division. Full members Upstate Illini Conference North Central Illinois Conference Olympic Conference Northwest Upstate Illini Conference Tri-County Conference Big Northern Conference The Three Rivers Conference has won 11 state championships in IHSA sponsored athletics and activities, 16 if wins by member schools participating in

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660-493: The departure of Savanna, which went on to join the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference , and the additions of Bureau Valley in the mid-1990s and Kewanee in 2010. Upon the addition of Kewanee, the league became known as the TRAC-9. In addition, Erie and Prophetstown formed a cooperative to share certain sports programs, including football and wrestling. On January 12, 2012 the conference approved expansion for six schools to join

690-663: The development of the TRAC-8, the IHSA was pushing teams to end multi-state conferences. Therefore, Fulton, Morrison, Riverdale, Savanna and Newman came from the dissolved Illowa Conference, Amboy left the Wisconsin-Illinois SHARK Conference and Erie and Prophetstown, then competing as individual high schools, left the Iowa-Illinois Pleasant Valley Conference. From 1999 to 2012, the TRAC-8 dropped football from

720-690: The first steamboat Traveler reached Peru in 1831, the city had high hopes of being the western terminus for the Illinois & Michigan Canal . LaSalle won that designation, but Peru became a busy steamboat port at the head of navigation on the Illinois River . Captain McCormick was involved in the Five Day Line, making record fast trips between Peru and St. Louis, Missouri . Senator Gilson reported to land surveyor, Grenville Dodge , that

750-411: The league beginning in the 2013-14 school year. Included in the expansion are Orion , Rockridge , Sherrard , Princeton , St. Bede Academy of Peru and Spring Valley Hall . The six additions make the Three Rivers a 15-team league, one of the largest in Illinois. The conference will be split into two divisions, with Interstate 80 being the dividing line. Following the 2015-16 school year, Amboy left

780-399: The population. There were 4,482 households, out of which 25.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.81% were married couples living together, 10.95% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.42% were non-families. 34.65% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

810-443: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Three Rivers Conference . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Three_Rivers_Conference&oldid=1120796385 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

840-478: The seven teams in the newly created South Division. The North Division includes Amboy-La Moille, Bureau Valley, Erie-Prophetstown, Fulton, Morrison, Newman Central Catholic, and Riverdale. The decision to create a geographical North-South alignment was based upon a desire to maintain existing rivalries and minimize travel times. The football schedule includes six intra-divisional games and three rotating inter-divisional cross-over match-ups. Each division will award

870-548: The town would soon outstrip Chicago due to its favorable location along the river and railroads. Water Street was a thin ribbon pressed between the bluff and the river, leading to the growth eastward of a large industrial district. Developed along the river and the canal, it was served by the Rock Island Railroad and Chicago Burlington and Quincy. These important transportation routes, along with coal mining in at least four mines lasting from 1857 until 1949, were

900-401: Was 2.64 and the average family size was 2.12. The city's age distribution consisted of 19.5% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 21.1% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 26.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.6 males. The median income for a household in

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