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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.
This week, on Friday evening, 25 April 2025, in commemoration of this...
Jared L. Olar
April 22, 2025
Almost two years after the formal dedication of a memorial park honoring...
Jared L. Olar
April 17, 2025
This week we bring our history of the house at 920 Broadway...
Jared L. Olar
April 10, 2025
In the course of our history of the house at 920 Broadway,...
Jared L. Olar
April 3, 2025
The next chapter in the story of the house at 920 Broadway...
Jared L. Olar
March 29, 2025
Continuing this week with our series on the history of the house...
Jared L. Olar
March 20, 2025
This week we continue our history of the house at 920 Broadway,...
Jared L. Olar
March 13, 2025
Recently I was asked to research the history of the residential property...
Jared L. Olar
March 6, 2025
This week we will take another look at one of Pekin’s successful...
Jared L. Olar
February 27, 2025
Among Pekin’s most prominent businessmen and community leaders of days gone by...
Jared L. Olar
February 20, 2025
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