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.

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This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...

Jared L. Olar

November 11, 2021

This week “From the History Room” will commence a systematic genealogical account...

Jared L. Olar

November 4, 2021

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...

Jared L. Olar

October 28, 2021

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...

Jared L. Olar

October 21, 2021

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...

Jared L. Olar

October 14, 2021

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...

Jared L. Olar

October 7, 2021

We have previously recalled the life of Pottawatomi leader Shabbona (c.1775-1859), who...

Jared L. Olar

September 30, 2021

In prior posts here at “From the History Room” we have recalled...

Jared L. Olar

September 23, 2021

Among the notable names who appeared in our series on the history...

Jared L. Olar

September 16, 2021

Last week we learned more of the ephemeral history of the “aborted”...

Jared L. Olar

September 9, 2021

Two summers ago, “From the History Room” presented a series on the...

Jared L. Olar

September 2, 2021

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