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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.
Two weeks ago we spotlighted the unincorporated village of Dillon, seat of...
Jared L. Olar
September 6, 2019
Long before people looked to the Internet and television as a convenient...
Jared L. Olar
August 30, 2019
As we continue our series on Tazewell County’s unincorporated communities, this week...
Jared L. Olar
August 23, 2019
Having reviewed the history of Boynton Township last week, and spotlighted that...
Jared L. Olar
August 16, 2019
In highlighting Tazewell County’s unincorporated communities, recently we saw that, despite its...
Jared L. Olar
August 2, 2019
As we continue our series on Tazewell County’s unincorporated communities, this week...
Jared L. Olar
August 1, 2019
Over the last two weeks we have taken a look at the...
Jared L. Olar
July 26, 2019
Continuing our series on the unincorporated communities in Tazewell County, this week...
Jared L. Olar
July 19, 2019
Tazewell County’s westernmost township, Spring Lake Township, is the largest township in...
Jared L. Olar
July 12, 2019
Among Tazewell County’s older unincorporated communities is the tiny and quiet farming...
Jared L. Olar
July 5, 2019
“To rescue a name worthy to be remembered and honoured To recall...
Jared L. Olar
June 28, 2019
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