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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.
This is a revised version of a “From the Local History Room”...
Jared L. Olar
July 27, 2018
In looking back over more than two centuries of history in Illinois,...
Jared L. Olar
July 20, 2018
This is a revised version of a “From the Local History Room”...
Jared L. Olar
July 13, 2018
On Friday, July 6, at 11 a.m., the Pekin Public Library will...
Jared L. Olar
June 29, 2018
As previously noted in this column, the city of Pekin was established...
Jared L. Olar
June 22, 2018
The opening of Illinois’ Bicentennial Year A.D. 2017-2018 was marked across the...
Jared L. Olar
June 15, 2018
This is a slightly revised version of one of our “From the...
Jared L. Olar
June 8, 2018
Previously in our ongoing Illinois Bicentennial series, we saw how the controversy...
Jared L. Olar
June 1, 2018
Following up on our recent accounts of how Pekin became an incorporated...
Jared L. Olar
May 25, 2018
In recent installments of our ongoing Illinois Bicentennial series, we have recalled...
Jared L. Olar
May 18, 2018
This is a revised version of one of our “From the Local...
Jared L. Olar
May 11, 2018
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