Author
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.
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
Around the time white settlers began flooding into Tazewell County in the 1820s,...
Jared L. Olar
October 5, 2022
This week our ongoing series turns to a downtown bakery that was...
Jared L. Olar
September 29, 2022
In this next installment in our series on the group of 19th-century...
Jared L. Olar
September 22, 2022
Continuing now with our series on Pekin’s downtown businesses featured in the...
Jared L. Olar
September 15, 2022
This week our series on the 19th-century downtown Pekin business cards turns...
Jared L. Olar
September 8, 2022
In advance of Pekin’s 50th Marigold Festival (to be celebrated 8-11 Sept....
Jared L. Olar
September 2, 2022
Last month a group of vintage late-19th-century Pekin business advertising cards, featuring...
Jared L. Olar
September 1, 2022
In recent years, the lives of Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1892) and her family...
Jared L. Olar
August 25, 2022
Recently Fred Massaglia brought an old photograph to the Tazewell County Genealogical...
Jared L. Olar
August 18, 2022
Three weeks ago we reviewed Dr. W. E. Schenck’s 1905 list of...
Jared L. Olar
August 11, 2022
Stay Informed
Explore Stories from Your Library
Browse past stories, highlights, and updates on local art, events, and library happenings—all in one place.
