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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Three years ago in this column space, in a column entitled “Two...

Jared L. Olar

December 2, 2016

War

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, was the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of...

Jared L. Olar

November 25, 2016

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

Jared L. Olar

November 17, 2016

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s another chance to read this old Local History Room...

Jared L. Olar

November 16, 2016

The lost Tazewell County town of Circleville, and the town’s most (in)famous...

Jared L. Olar

November 11, 2016

War

For the past few weeks, the Pekin Public Library has displayed a...

Jared L. Olar

November 10, 2016

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

Jared L. Olar

November 8, 2016

War

Here’s a chance to read again a somewhat revised version of one...

Jared L. Olar

November 4, 2016

A dramatic Cubs victory in Game 6 of the World Series sets...

Jared L. Olar

November 2, 2016

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