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.

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This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

War

Of all the many wars that the United States has fought in its history,...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

More than eight decades have passed since Orson Welles’ radio broadcast of “War of...

This is a slightly updated version of a “From the Local History Room” column...

This is an updated version of a “From the Local History Room” column that...

This is a “From the Local History Room” column that first appeared in June...

This is a revised and expanded version of a “From the Local History Room”...

Our survey of the unincorporated communities of Tazewell County, with our focus placed upon...