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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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

War

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

Hello and welcome to our visitors! In the summer of 2015 the...

Jared L. Olar

July 22, 2015

Ben C. Allensworth’s 1905 “History of Tazewell County” devotes an entire chapter...

Jared L. Olar

July 21, 2015

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