Local History Program Coordinator at the Pekin Public Library. I oversee the library’s local history room collection, write a weekly local history column/weblog for the library, and present local history programs at the library and in the community.
The next chapter in the story of the house at 920 Broadway covers a...
Continuing this week with our series on the history of the house at 920...
This week we continue our history of the house at 920 Broadway, and will...
Recently I was asked to research the history of the residential property at 920...
This week we will take another look at one of Pekin’s successful and prominent...
Among Pekin’s most prominent businessmen and community leaders of days gone by was Otto...
A major milestone in the history of Pekin communications was reached on 21 April...
Among the many notable people of Pekin’s past were William John Conzelman (1865-1916), a...
The Feb. 2005 issue of the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society’s Monthly, pages...
Among the many hotels that once served downtown Pekin’s visitors and residents was a...
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