A history of Peru,
since 1834
Postcards, papers and photographs of Peru from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗On August 18, 1827, Joseph Holman bought land near the confluence of the Mississinewa and Wabash rivers from Jean Baptiste "Pechewa" (Wildcat) Drouet de Richardville, the chief of the Miami people. The sale was approved on March 3, 1828, by President John Quincy Adams. On March 12, 1829, Holman had the land surveyed and laid out the town of Miamisport.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Peru’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBird's eye view of the city of Pe…, 1868: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Peru, decade by decade
![Boy at planing machine, Ind[iana] Mfg. Co. Location: Peru, Indiana](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/4940/7a4173b1dadd72ead0c1-s.jpg)
1990s
8 historic places in Peru
Peru has 8 listings on the National Register, and they protect 438 historic buildings, because Peru Westside Historic District alone counts 191.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bird's eye view of the city of Peru, Miami Co., Indiana 1868 (1868) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.