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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 National American Indian Heritage Month nears its end, this week we’ll...
Jared L. Olar
November 24, 2017
The bicentennial year of Illinois’ admission as the 21st state in the...
Jared L. Olar
November 17, 2017
One of the landmarks of arts and entertainment during Pekin’s bygone days...
Jared L. Olar
November 10, 2017
On the east side of the Pekin National Bank, on the wall...
Jared L. Olar
October 27, 2017
Last month we learned the name of the riverboat whose deckhands went...
Jared L. Olar
October 20, 2017
On the last page of the very first Pekin City Directory, published...
Jared L. Olar
October 14, 2017
Here’s a chance to read one of our old Local History Room...
Jared L. Olar
October 12, 2017
Here’s a chance to read one of our old Local History Room...
Jared L. Olar
October 6, 2017
The annual tradition of Mardi Gras carnivals arose in the Middle Ages...
Jared L. Olar
October 6, 2017
It’s on the logo of the Pekin Police Department and it’s the...
Jared L. Olar
September 29, 2017
In recent weeks, this column recalled two local historical events that may...
Jared L. Olar
September 22, 2017
The Pekin Public Library’s Pekin Community High School yearbooks are among the...
Jared L. Olar
September 15, 2017
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