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.
About nine years ago, “From the History Room” recalled the original Pekin Country Club...
In past decades, it was the practice for a community’s newspapers to collect and...
One of the most valuable and useful features of Charles C. Chapman’s 1879 “History...
Last week in this column, we surveyed the African-American population of Pekin in the...
Continuing our review of what historical records can tell us of 19th-century African-American residents...
Recently this column reviewed the known black families who lived in Pekin just before,...
Two of Pekin’s community service organizations – the Pekin Rotary and Pekin Kiwanis clubs...
This is an updated reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that...
This is an updated reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that...
This is an updated reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that...
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