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Last autumn a newly-published diary detailing an Easterner’s 1835 travels in the Midwest was...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

At this weblog we have written several times about the life of Pvt. William...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

This week we conclude the genealogical account of the Ashby family of Fulton and...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

This week we continue the genealogical account of the Ashby family of Fulton and...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

Thanks to the generosity of Busey Bank of Pekin (formerly Herget Bank), the Pekin...