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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.
With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we continue our...
Jared L. Olar
September 21, 2016
Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History...
Jared L. Olar
September 18, 2016
In June 2013, this column offered some guidance on how to use...
Jared L. Olar
September 16, 2016
With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we revisit a...
Jared L. Olar
September 14, 2016
By Jared Olar Library assistant An accomplished and talented artist’s framed watercolor...
Jared L. Olar
September 9, 2016
With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we revisit a...
Jared L. Olar
September 6, 2016
Long-time residents of Pekin will remember Douglas School, an elementary school that...
Jared L. Olar
September 2, 2016
Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History...
Jared L. Olar
August 31, 2016
The 44th Annual Pekin Marigold Festival, scheduled to run from Thursday, Sept....
Jared L. Olar
August 26, 2016
Last month we examined some fascinating details of Pekin’s founding that were...
Jared L. Olar
August 19, 2016
Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History...
Jared L. Olar
August 12, 2016
The Tazewell County Courthouse in downtown Pekin celebrated its 100th birthday just...
Jared L. Olar
August 12, 2016
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