Maud Powell

Historical marker location:

1627 4th St, Peru, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of 4th Street (U.S. 6) and Putnam Street, on the right when traveling west on 4th Street.)

1867 - 1920

The marvelous state of Illinois does not possess the monopoly on sorrow, but it has a remarkable practical monopoly on the means of avoiding it.