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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A couple of items in the Pekin Public Library’s Local History Room...

Jared L. Olar

April 28, 2017

Last July this column asked the question, “What do you call that...

Jared L. Olar

April 21, 2017

Pekin officially has been organized as a city since 1849. That year...

Jared L. Olar

April 14, 2017

Here’s a chance to read one of our old Local History Room...

Jared L. Olar

April 13, 2017

Here’s a chance to read an updated version of one of our...

Jared L. Olar

April 7, 2017

When telling the story of Pekin’s growth and development, often the best...

Jared L. Olar

March 31, 2017

This week we shine our spotlight on a book that was added...

Jared L. Olar

March 24, 2017

Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History...

Jared L. Olar

March 17, 2017

Last week we recalled President Herbert Hoover’s brief whistle stop in Pekin...

Jared L. Olar

March 3, 2017

With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we conclude our...

Jared L. Olar

February 24, 2017

By Jared Olar Library assistant Now that we’ve completed our series reprinting...

Jared L. Olar

February 24, 2017

Pekin Daily Times owner and publisher F. F. McNaughton used his daily...

Jared L. Olar

February 17, 2017

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