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Jubilee College

CITY:

Kickapoo

COUNTY:

Peoria

DEDICATED BY:

State of Illinois

DEDICATION DATE:

January 1, 1935 at 6:00:00 AM

The marker is located just west of Kickapoo, at a turnout 200 feet off north side of U.S. 150 on the east side of Princeville/Jubilee Road.

Jubilee College, two miles to the north, was established by Philander Chase, first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Illinois, as one of the State’s early institutions of higher learning. First students were received in 1840, and the school continued to operate until 1868. Jubilee College is now a State Park.

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