Jared L. Olar

In previous installments of our ongoing Pekin Bicentennial series, we have recalled...

Among the historic buildings in Pekin’s old downtown is a structure at...

For this third in our series of Pekin Bicentennial Black History Month...

By Jared L. Olar Local History Program Coordinator The decade of the...

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues and we now find ourselves in Black...

As many have heard, last month Pekin lost one of its hometown...

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues, this week we’ll take a look back...

With the passing of Charles Lohman “Chuck” Dancey at the age of...

Photos by Jared L. Olar, Pekin Public Library Local History Program Coordinator

Pekin Mayor Mary Burress will formally inaugurate Pekin’s yearlong calendar of Bicentennial...

Before the formal platting and surveying of the little pioneer settlement that...

As Pekin has now entered its Bicentennial Year, it’s good to recall...