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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.
The two Illinois State Historical Markers for the Freedom & Remembrance Memorial...
Jared L. Olar
December 29, 2022
One of Pekin’s traditions of “Christmas of times past” is the downtown...
Jared L. Olar
December 22, 2022
Ongoing research into the history of the African-American Shipman family of Tazewell...
Jared L. Olar
December 15, 2022
Over a year after Tazewell County was erected by the Illinois General...
Jared L. Olar
December 8, 2022
In June and July this summer “From the History Room” devoted some...
Jared L. Olar
December 1, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
November 23, 2022
A great deal of progress has been made in the effort to...
Jared L. Olar
November 17, 2022
Recently a historical research query was submitted to the Pekin Public Library...
Jared L. Olar
November 10, 2022
It was three years ago that “From the History Room” presented a...
Jared L. Olar
November 3, 2022
This final installment in our series on the group of 19th century...
Jared L. Olar
October 27, 2022
This week we feature another of the six 19th-century downtown Pekin businesses...
Jared L. Olar
October 20, 2022
For the next installment in our series on the downtown Pekin businesses...
Jared L. Olar
October 6, 2022
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