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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.
Last autumn a newly-published diary detailing an Easterner’s 1835 travels in the...
Jared L. Olar
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
At this weblog we have written several times about the life of...
Jared L. Olar
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
This week we conclude the genealogical account of the Ashby family of...
Jared L. Olar
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
This week we continue the genealogical account of the Ashby family of...
Jared L. Olar
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
Thanks to the generosity of Busey Bank of Pekin (formerly Herget Bank),...
Jared L. Olar
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