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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.
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
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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
The New Year A.D. 2024 promises to be a memorable one for...
Jared L. Olar
December 28, 2023
While it is natural that people might express interest in the history...
Jared L. Olar
December 21, 2023
In this series on the death of Betty E. Crabb of Delavan,...
Jared L. Olar
December 14, 2023
In last week’s installment of our series on the 1 March 1938...
Jared L. Olar
December 7, 2023
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