In 1856, Simon Trefzger arrived in the United States from Germany. After first settling in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1861, he relocated to Peoria, Illinois, and soon established a bakery that would become a household name in central Illinois for generations. First located at 54 Fulton, between Adams and Washington Street, Trefzger’s Bakery moved to the intersection of Main and Monroe in the 1870s, where it stood for 83 years b... Read More
