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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
April 28, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
April 21, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
April 14, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
March 31, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
March 17, 2022
It was a century ago that the Lincoln Circuit Marking Association, led...
Jared L. Olar
March 10, 2022
Last autumn a newly-published diary detailing an Easterner’s 1835 travels in the...
Jared L. Olar
March 4, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
February 24, 2022
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