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  • 'It was a bad day for Peoria County about 450 million years ago.'

    Nov 14, 2019 12:00 pm by Tiffany Jolley | Prairie Research InstituteExpert Viewpoints
    rural scene - The approximate location of the southern rim of the buried Glasford crater Photo: Charles O'Dale

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    • rural scene - The approximate location of the southern rim of the buried Glasford crater Photo: Charles O'Dale

    'A meteorite bigger than the State Farm Center hit near the present-day Village of Glasford, a little ways southwest of Peoria. It created a 2.5-mile-wide crater that we now call the Glasford structure.'