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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.
As announced in the Pekin Daily Times last month, Pekin’s historic Second...
Jared L. Olar
November 22, 2019
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
November 20, 2019
Of all the many wars that the United States has fought in...
Jared L. Olar
November 15, 2019
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
November 8, 2019
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
November 1, 2019
More than eight decades have passed since Orson Welles’ radio broadcast of...
Jared L. Olar
October 25, 2019
This is a slightly updated version of a “From the Local History...
Jared L. Olar
October 18, 2019
This is an updated version of a “From the Local History Room”...
Jared L. Olar
October 11, 2019
This is a “From the Local History Room” column that first appeared...
Jared L. Olar
October 4, 2019
This is a revised and expanded version of a “From the Local...
Jared L. Olar
September 27, 2019
Our survey of the unincorporated communities of Tazewell County, with our focus...
Jared L. Olar
September 20, 2019
As we near the completion of our series on Tazewell County’s unincorporated...
Jared L. Olar
September 13, 2019
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