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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 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
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
It was two summers ago that “From the History Room” was the...
Jared L. Olar
August 26, 2021
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