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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.
This week we revisit once more the life of “Black Nance” Legins-Costley...
Jared L. Olar
August 2, 2015
Here’s a gallery of some interior and exterior views of the library’s...
Jared L. Olar
July 28, 2015
This week we revisit the first military engagement of the Black Hawk...
Jared L. Olar
July 25, 2015
Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History...
Jared L. Olar
July 24, 2015
Ben C. Allensworth’s 1905 “History of Tazewell County” devotes an entire chapter...
Jared L. Olar
July 21, 2015
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