Peoria Distillers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois Paris Bourbonites " likely referenced the local

" likely referenced the local shoemaking trade or working-class roots of the community

Teams like the Rebels reflected the era’s deep ties between baseball and local identity

and the DavSox were the city's attempt to reclaim its place in the circuit

The franchise played at John Petrakis Field on Fourth Street near the Mississippi River

Though rooted primarily in Illinois

Peoria Distillers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois Paris Bourbonites " likely referenced the localThe Peoria Distillers were a historic minor league baseball team from Peoria that played from 1891 1917, spending most of their later years in the Three I League. The Distillers won league championships in 1911 and 1916 and were briefly managed by Pants Rowland, who later led the Chicago White Sox to a World Series title in 1917. Hall of Fame pitcher Joe McGinnity also played for the team, famously pitching all 21 innings of a game in 1898 and