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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.
Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History...
Jared L. Olar
October 5, 2015
Bonfires, parades, dances, and football. Homecoming is a well-loved annual high school...
Jared L. Olar
October 3, 2015
Downtown Pekin’s historic Arcade Building, located at 15 S. Capitol St. across...
Jared L. Olar
September 26, 2015
The newest addition to our Local History Room collection is a donation...
Jared L. Olar
September 22, 2015
As was reported last month in the Pekin Daily Times, the Tazewell...
Jared L. Olar
September 18, 2015
Recent visitors to the Pekin Public Library’s Local History Room will have...
Jared L. Olar
September 11, 2015
Labor Day, which is coming up in just a few more days,...
Jared L. Olar
September 4, 2015
This week we shine a spotlight on a boat that hauled grain...
Jared L. Olar
August 29, 2015
Currently on display in the Pekin Public Library’s Local History Room is...
Jared L. Olar
August 22, 2015
Older residents of Pekin will still remember a regular column in the...
Jared L. Olar
August 22, 2015
A piece of artwork with an interesting Pekin connection recently was donated...
Jared L. Olar
August 14, 2015
Among the stories and anecdotes of Tazewell County’s early settlers, we find...
Jared L. Olar
August 7, 2015
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