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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.
The story of 408 Court St. begins about 1870, when German immigrant...
Jared L. Olar
May 30, 2024
Although Pekin voted to incorporate as a city in 1849, Pekin had...
Jared L. Olar
May 30, 2024
Rivalling if not surpassing the Hamm’s Building for the title of most...
Jared L. Olar
May 24, 2024
In the Pekin Public Library’s Local History room collection is a copy...
Jared L. Olar
May 23, 2024
Long a pillar of Pekin’s community life, the Pekin YWCA at 315...
Jared L. Olar
May 21, 2024
The customers of First Pekin Savings Bank, 532 Court St., can read...
Jared L. Olar
May 18, 2024
By Jared L. Olar, Local History Program Coordinator, and Linda Mace, Library...
Jared L. Olar
May 18, 2024
Pekinites of an older generation will remember the building at 525-527 Court...
Jared L. Olar
May 15, 2024
Since 2011, the Brawner family has been serving up music and drinks...
Jared L. Olar
May 10, 2024
The era of Prohibition during the 1920s is remembered as a time...
Jared L. Olar
May 9, 2024
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