subject of the song titled "Prairie Fire That Wanders About." Stevens makes reference to multiple figures in Peoria's history, including Lydia Moss Bradley, and also speaks of Peoria's Santa Claus parade, the longest running in the nation. "Peoria" by King Crimson was recorded at The Barn in Peoria on March 10, 1972, included in the live album Earthbound. Literature Published posthumously in 2011, David Foster Wallace's unfinished novel The Pale King features vignettes based in Peoria. News commentary In 1977, the news magazine Time used Peoria as a form of "et cetera" in an article on the proliferation of new vineyards in America, calling them "the new Chateaux Peorias...." A 2009 issue of National Geographic states in its "The Big Idea" section that electron-dispensing filling stations, a now-possible idea difficult to implement on a large scale, will soon "play even in Peoria". In 2022, during a WWE house show event in Peoria Scarlett Bordeaux was assaulted by a fan an attendee resulting in international coverage. Sister cities Peoria's sister cities include: Aitou, Lebanon Benxi, China Clonmel, Ireland Friedrichshafen, Germany See also General American English Will it play in Peoria? List of places named Peoria References External links General information Peoria Neighborhoods Map at Peoria.com 1691 establishments in New France Cities in Peoria County, Illinois County seats in Illinois French colonial settlements of Upper Louisiana Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois Populated places established in 1691 Ronald Reagan Trail