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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.
Long a pillar of Pekin’s community life, the Pekin YWCA at 315...
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The customers of First Pekin Savings Bank, 532 Court St., can read...
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By Jared L. Olar, Local History Program Coordinator, and Linda Mace, Library...
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Pekinites of an older generation will remember the building at 525-527 Court...
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Since 2011, the Brawner family has been serving up music and drinks...
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The era of Prohibition during the 1920s is remembered as a time...
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The city of Pekin currently has four Illinois State Historical Society markers...
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Since the spring of 2022, the historic 407 Court St. building has...
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The historic structure at the southeast corner of Court and Fourth streets...
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As we continue our Pekin Bicentennial series, this week and the next...
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