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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.
A few weeks ago, a Pekin Public Library patron asked two “pointed”...
Jared L. Olar
April 22, 2016
In this column we explore topics related to the history of Pekin...
Jared L. Olar
April 15, 2016
Question: What do Pekin’s pioneer historian William H. Bates, the Hanging Judge...
Jared L. Olar
April 8, 2016
Although it has been 13 years since CILCO – the Peoria-based Central...
Jared L. Olar
April 1, 2016
This week we’ll revisit a subject that we first covered a little...
Jared L. Olar
March 26, 2016
In Mackinaw Township Cemetery is a gravestone marked with the Christian cross,...
Jared L. Olar
March 18, 2016
Attention all local history or library history buffs: Currently on display in...
Jared L. Olar
March 15, 2016
Note: Archivists and historians in Missouri recently contacted the Pekin Public Library...
Jared L. Olar
March 12, 2016
Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History...
Jared L. Olar
March 9, 2016
The death of retired physical education teacher and coach Gerald R. “Jerry”...
Jared L. Olar
March 4, 2016
Many people would find that the 1888 Pekin City Code makes for...
Jared L. Olar
February 26, 2016
This column usually features resources from the Pekin Public Library’s Local History...
Jared L. Olar
February 20, 2016
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