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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.
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
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
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