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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.
For this third in our series of Pekin Bicentennial Black History Month...
Jared L. Olar
February 22, 2024
By Jared L. Olar Local History Program Coordinator The decade of the...
Jared L. Olar
February 15, 2024
As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues and we now find ourselves in Black...
Jared L. Olar
February 8, 2024
As many have heard, last month Pekin lost one of its hometown...
Jared L. Olar
February 5, 2024
As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues, this week we’ll take a look back...
Jared L. Olar
February 1, 2024
With the passing of Charles Lohman “Chuck” Dancey at the age of...
Jared L. Olar
January 25, 2024
Photos by Jared L. Olar, Pekin Public Library Local History Program Coordinator
... Jared L. Olar
January 20, 2024
Pekin Mayor Mary Burress will formally inaugurate Pekin’s yearlong calendar of Bicentennial...
Jared L. Olar
January 18, 2024
Before the formal platting and surveying of the little pioneer settlement that...
Jared L. Olar
January 11, 2024
As Pekin has now entered its Bicentennial Year, it’s good to recall...
Jared L. Olar
January 4, 2024
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